Re: Apple //e will not boot--Help

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@ihug.co.nz>]

In <3f36c681_6@corp.newsgroups.com> Barry Davis wrote:

> When I checked the drives on another machine.  All three were bad.  I 
> could not believe that none of them worked since I purchased them on 
> eBay from two different people and was assured that they were all 
> working.  Thanks for your suggestions and your kindness.  This was the 
> first time I have tried to use a newsgroup and I am impressed.  Barry 
> Davis

Have you tried cleaning the drive heads? I bought a pair of Apple 5.25 
Drives recently and found one of them wouldn't read disks at all. I was 
going to open it up and have a look inside, but first I ran a cleaning 
disk in it, not really expecting it to do anything. It works perfectly 
now! Possibly your drives were working fine when last used, but sitting 
for a long period with dirty heads may "gum up the works".

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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