Re: A2 Disk boot problems

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Timothy!

In article <01bbcdf7$6d60d7a0$9465abce@ttrimble>, "Timothy L. Trimble"
<ttrimble@fia.net> wrote:

> When I plug in my controler card for the disk drives and then turn on the
> Apple II, the drive comes on and continues to spin.  The prompt never
> appears on the screen.  When I remove the controler card then the Apple
> starts up fine with the prompt.  Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?  It
> seems like the apple is locked into some kind of disk mode when the
> controler card is in.  I've tried another controler card and drive with the
> same results.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -- 

        Silly question - Do you have a bootable diskette in the drive?  If
not, then you're getting the proper response.  After all, Barbara
Streisend had the Apple ][ in mind when she sang, "On A Clear Disk, You
Can Seek Forever!" <B-)

        Due to there being only ...what, 128 bytes?  I forget offhand! ...
on the boot PROM on the Disk ][ controller, there is no timeout code for
the initial boot sector read routine.

        RwP

-- 
Ralph Wade Phillips, CET #LA-82
ralphp@gcstation.net