Re: Apple II+ disk drive problem

["Chris Clement" <cclement@NOSPAMmindspring.com>]

You are the man.  Thanks.


Chris


Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> 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
>