If the drive spins and doesn't stop I would suspect a blown 74Ls125 IC
on the controller card inside the disk drive. When that XXX125 IC goes a
lot of time the MC3470 IC also fails. These failures will erase any
floppy installed in the drive. When buying a used drive I would suggest
opening the case and checking the analog board before using it. I have
about 50 Disk // analog boards that have been tested and I will
guarantee if anybody wants to purchase one.
Al
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>On Jan 20, 2006, at 9:29 PM, richard jackson wrote:
>
>> screen shows what?
>
>Apple //e
>
>> hear a beep?
>
>When I first power on the IIe.
>
>> disk drive does what?
>> spin? grind? keep seeking?
>
>Spins with the activity light on. It doesn't stop at all.
>
>
>--
>
>On Jan 21, 2006, at 2:34 AM, Bill Henning wrote:
>
>> Does the disk with the game on it have an operating system on it?
>
>I'm not sure -- I just got it yesterday. The user guide says to power
>down, insert the disk, and power up, and doesn't make any mention of a
>separate boot disk being needed, so I'm assuming it has its own OS...
>
>Thanks,
>Ian
>
Iam,
Got a way to hook your //e up to another computer? Reason why I ask,
there's a file called dos33dmp.txt on one of the Apple II disk image
sites that is a executable text file which will create a version of DOS
3.3 on any Apple II that has a Super Serial card installed.
Essentially, you use a DB-25 to DIN-8 or DB-9 cable to hook both
computers up, then use a terminal program on the Mac or PC to transmit
the file to the //e.
Here's how you go about doing it:
Download the dos33dmp.txt file from (I think) the Trenco archives.
Connect both machines up (either one of the Mac serial ports - use an
older Mac or one that has a gPort installed) Turn on the //e Hit
Control-Reset Run a terminal program on the Mac (or PC, if you swing
that way - I seem to remember that ya don't) - ZTerm works well On the
//e, type IN#2 (the Super Serial card should be in slot #2, btw, with
the jumper block set to "TERMINAL") In the terminal program, send the
dos33dmp.txt file to the //e.
Let it compile on the //e.
Once you're done, the computer will have DOS 3.3 loaded. Insert a blank
disk into the floppy drive, type "INIT HELLO" and let it initialize the
disk. When it's done, you will have a copy of DOS 3.3 that you can use
to boot the machine.
I suspect the Pac-MAN disk got damaged in shipping... Just had the same
thing happen to my DOS 3.3 Sample Programs disk that I won off eBay.
Worked for a while, then started getting flaky.
The other possibility is that one of the chips on the analog board for
the floppy drive went bad.
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