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

["N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer@hotmail.com>]

On Jun 1, 8:53 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> 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...

I've got another power supply coming in the mail, a //e model.