Re: Dead Apple IIc ?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"Hans Otten" <nobody@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote:
:
: >
: >Try another disk and if that doesn't work I'll dig one up.
: >
: >Wayne
:
: I did the following tests:
:
: - tried the disks I used all the time on the IIc, working just
before I attached
: the external drive
: - prepared a clean dos 3.3 floppy on a II GS
: - formatted a diferent brand clean dos 3.3 flppy on a DISK II
connected to an
: Apple IIe
:
: I tried booting with all these floppies with:
: - IIc without the external drive
: - IIc with the external drive
: - removed internal and attached with external drive (it tries
to boot that way
: nice :)
: - removed the external drive from its housing and inserted as
internal
:
: So I think I tried every possible combination and the error is
consistent:
: "Check disk drive", the disks make the usual initial noises but
stop quickly.
:
: I can only conclude therefore that  the external drive damaged
the IIc floppy
: hardware, which is the IWM 344-0041 28 pin IC.

Problem: The IWM also operates the external drive,
only it connects drive 1 pin instead of Drive 0, as
in the internal drive.

I'd be happy to trade you a good working IIc with
ROM00 which allows the use of the 3.5" UniDisk
drives. I noticed that you are in Europe though,
so shipping will be expensive. Maybe just trade
the motherboard? Don't think the drives are bad.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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Email - willy46pa @ comcast DOT net
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