Re: Apple II Boot Problem

[gregw@venus.itns.co.za (Greg Wildman)]

On Sat, 05 May 2001 16:54:41 +1000, Bill Robbins wrote:

It could also be the drive belt has just perished and broken. Does the disk
revolve? If anyone has a source for these drive belts I'd like to know.

> In article <3af360f6.4861860@news.csun.edu>,
>  troz1820_remove@hotmail.com (Karl DeAngelo) wrote:
>
>>I recently pulled my original Apple II out of the closet after years
>>of it collecting dust.  I can't seem to get anything to boot off of it
>>though.  It is one of the early one which starts in the system
>>monitor.  I try ctrl-c then pr#6 but it just spins the drive.  Any
>>suggestions?  Thanks!
>
> If it spins the drive, my first suspicion would be a drive malfunction.
> It might just be dirty, it might be misaligned or the problem might be
> something more serious.  Infortunately it's been so long since I've
> opened up a 5.25 inch drive (probably more than a decade) that I can't
> really be of much help there.

-- 
He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly