Re: Apple II+ disk drive problem

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

That's normal. On a II+ the 5.25 drive will spin until the mechanism wears out
with no disk in the drive.  If you want to get into basic without removing the
drive
just do a "Control Reset" after turning on your II+.

Chris Clement wrote:

> Actually, I don't even know if it IS a problem.  When my Apple II+ boots up,
> the disk drive light comes on and activates the drive, but the screen only
> displays "Apple ][" and nothing more.  If I take out the disk interface
> card, it boots to the ROM BASIC.
>
> So here is my question:  Does the Apple II+ REQUIRE a OS disk of some sort
> in the drive if the disk interface card is installed?  I was thinking that
> eventually, the computer would boot to ROM BASIC regardless of whether there
> is a disk in place or not.
>
> Anyone have any answers?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Chris