Re: Apple ][+ gravely ill - seeking assistance :(

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Jun 1, 9:22 am, "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm.  Well, now I can get to a prompt and work there indefinitely,
> but if I try to load anything off a disk, including ones that I know
> are self-bootable, I get garbage characters and the drive simply
> spins.
>
> I've swapped disk controller cards, and tested the drives on another
> machine, so I know it's not either of those.
Have you swapped power supplies?  Failures might be occurring because
voltages drop too low to sustain life while the drive draws its power
to spin up...