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Re: my IIGS 3 1/2 drive conked out
- Subject: Re: my IIGS 3 1/2 drive conked out
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 31 Jan 2003 09:14:31 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
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Bryan Villados suggested:
>"Jon Co" <jon@i-manila.com> wrote in message
>a2c2f792.0301300746.1a48c2fa@posting.google.com">news:a2c2f792.0301300746.1a48c2fa@posting.google.com...
>> I think my GS drive port is dead. I tried both of my external drives
>> and they both refuse to work. booting will eject whatever disk is
>> inside and say check startup drive. typing pr#5 will say i/o error.
>> cleaning the drives is no help. what do I do? do I start looking for
>> a new motherboard? can they still be had?
>
>What I would do is go on eBay and buy one of those new high-density disk
>drive controllers (lenny15 sells them). Not only will that card prolong that
>IIGS' life, you'll also be able to use the high-density 3.5-inch drives. Pop
>the card into slot 5 or 6, enable the slot as "Your Card", and away you go!
Of course, he'll still be OTL with 5.25" drives and some copy-protected
3.5" disks.
-michael
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