Re: //c wonky internal drive

[Spamshooting Paranewsgrouper <spamgun@[127.0.0.1]>]

On 04 Dec 2000 16:27:24 GMT, a2mg@aol.comNomail (The Apple II Mail Group)
Said something like:

>Are you booting original DOS 3.3 disks (games etc.), or are they backup copies?
>The grinding noise that you hear on bootup may be an indication that the disk
>you are booting is an attempt at copying a copy-protected disk. Many DOS 3.3
>disks were copy-protected, and attempts to make backup copies resulted in
>problems such as the noise you had on bootup on the //c. If they are original
>DOS 3.3 disks, they should boot fine. Just a theory.

I'd say it's because it's just old. I don't think it had been even turned on
for 4-5 years. The DOS 3.3 disks had worked in the past, and once I do manage
to get something to boot, the read fine in the external drive, so it isn't
the disks themselves.


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