Re: help on FD 2GS

[treiter@comet.net (Jordan Reiter)]

In article <4uol4g$ivt@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net>, TRUC PHAN
<TTPHAN@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>My Boy's Apple 2GS FD internal Controller broken down! First, it is not 
>read 3.5 FD Disk! I think maybe the External FD bad so I bought another 
>for him, The new one won't work neither. I can reject the Disk but the 
>computer can't see this FD.( I did go to Control Panel and turn on Smart 
>Drive Port AND the Disk Port)but system still can't see this 3.5 FD.
>I also have dual 5-1/4 FD with external Card (from my old Apple2E) plug in 
>slot 6 and HardDrive card plug in slot 7, It works good.
>Anyone know how to check the internal FD controller og Apple 2GS ? If it 
>is bad, could I buy another card to plug in? How much it cost? Or I buy 
>the whole mother board? ( I think it cost $120 for mother board).
>Please help! I am lost in this Old apple 2 world???
Do you mean you have an internal card right now for the 3.5" drive? The
IIgs does not need one. Try pluggin the 3.5" drive in the port that came
with the IIgs. (There should be an icon on the back of the drive that
looks like a disk).  If the 5.25" drives are unidisk drives (not Disk II
drives) they can plug into the back of a 3.5" drive. What system software
are you using.  In the Finder, open the System folder, and then open the
DRIVERS folder. Make sure you have  the Apple3.5 driver installed.
Removing a disk from a 3.5" disk drive with the button is a hardware
operation and has nothing to do with the way the computer works.  It is
probably a software problem.  

Good Luck!

Toby Reiter

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