Re: AppleIIe-Disk][ problems

[Lisa Wildfong <newdream@iserv.net>]

I could only get the drives to come on if the card was in slot 7.But then they
come on and stay on and will not boot up my DOS 3.3 disk.
Thanks
Terry

Robert Boucher wrote:

> The IIe starts looking for a boot disk starting at slot 7, and works
> down. That is why hard drive controllers are usually in slot 7. Try
> leaving slot 7 open and see if your drives in slot 6 will boot.
>
> Lisa Wildfong wrote:
> >
> > Hello
> > I just recieved 2 Disk][ disk drives for my AppleIIe. When I plug them
> > in and turn the computer on,  neither drive does anything.No lights or
> > spinning.I have ny disk card pluged into slot 6 and a I/O card in slot 7
> > plus a 64K/80 board in the aux. slot.The only time the LED's light up is
> > when I shut the computer off. then they flash on then off, which I'm
> > guessing is normal.
> > I've checked all the connections plus I tried switching the cards around
> > but nothing works.
> > I figured the disk controller card is bad. Anybody else have any ideas?
> > Thanks for your input.
> > Terry