on 4/9/04 2:10 AM, Don at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > FWIW, I find that SOME of the old machines don't always seem to access > the disks very well. In addition, the old disks are getting slowly > less readable as the years go by. If you experience failures, you > might try to clean the head where it reads the disks. That has allowed > me to read disks that seemed 'unreadable' before. I never got the disk > head cleaning disks to work well, but I did get a clean fingernail to > remove stubborn buildup from a head very nicely this past summer. > > Yah, I know this might seem like I'm brewing trouble where there is > none, but I'd call it anticipating potential difficulties so I have > a back up plan ahead of time. :) Lotsa luck. > > Don
Right. Having done that with the IIc I find it reads pretty much everything. I have 6 drives here for the //e. One of them is always clean enough to read disks. Jeff G -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
