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Re: Disk 2 controller card issue, or maybe not?



On 8/10/2011 3:40 PM, Dave T wrote:
On Oct 7, 11:59 pm, Alex Freed<alex_n...@alexfreed.com>  wrote:

Should I assume that it's just a faulty controller?  If so, should I
get an exchange for the same controller, or should I get a different
brand?

This happens when no bootable floppy is in the drive. The drive can also
be broken/dirty, etc.

-Alex.

As I said,  it boots up but then hangs, and hangs, and
hangs at the "Apple ][" startup, and never gives me a cursor, --with
or
without a disk drive attached--.  If the problem was with the drive
itself, shouldn't the machine boot and bring me to a cursor after
seeing there was no drive to boot from, or was the older //e designed
to hang forever when it saw a disk controller card with no drive
attached to it?

The drive is clean, and I have several bootable floppies. I'm pretty
sure It's not the drive.


No, without a disk in the drive, it will spin forever. You need to hit CTRL-RESET to get it to the AppleSoft prompt, or insert a disk to boot from.

Cheers,
Mike

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Mike Stephens
Central Coast, Australia

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