Re: Disk II drives spin, but...

[ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford)]

In a previous article, skulldoc@carson.u.washington.edu (Apeshape) says:

>As the subject line says, the Disk II drives on my aging //e spin on
>startup, but nothing gets loaded, and the startup drive will continue
>to spin.  I swapped disk 2 for disk 1 on the controller card, but got 
>the same result (I think disk 2 was already doing it quite a while age, and
>I switched them then, but I can't be sure since I haven't had use of my
>system for a while.)  

First idea, have you tried cleaning the read/write head?  I use any  standard
tape recorder cleaning solution and a cotton swab.  Your symptoms sound a lot
like a good cleaning is all that's needed.

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Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu