Re: HELP!!!!!!! 5 1/4 is DEAD!

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <SA-1402982324560001@ts17-4.homenet.ohio-state.edu>,
SA Sazdanoff <SA Sazdanoff@pop.service.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>Just got an Apple //e in BEAUTIFUL condition but something is wrong with
>the floppy drive. The computer bleeps and Apple // is on the monitor.
>The drive spins and spins and spins but nothing else happens. I've tried
>several different floppies.

   That is normal behavior for a //e -- it'll attempt to boot forever.
You can not give it a PC-formatted 5.25", you must use a good Apple II
disk.

Nathan Mates
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