Re: A2 Disk boot problems

[Bill Shuff <bill2060@cris.com>]

Timothy L. Trimble 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.
> --


If you do not have a disk in the drive, then the behavior you describe
is normal.  If you press control-reset, the drive should stop and you
should get a BASIC prompt.  That is a "]".  If you have a disk in the
drive then several things could be wrong.  The disk drive may be bad and
could even wipe good disks.  The disk may not be a boot disk.  The disk
may damaged.  

Bill Shuff