On Jan 5, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Antonio Rodríguez wrote:
Are you completely sure the disk you are trying to boot from is good? A IIe trying to boot from a broken disk would do just what you are telling us: spin it and then sit forever trying to get something read from it.
Well, I'm not quite sure, but I'll be sure once PacMan comes :-D
The only strange thing is the "disk in use" not lighting, but that may be well because of a loose cable inside the disk drive itself, it all the remainder works without problem. You can also open the IIe (with the power off, of course ;-) ) and verify that the drive's ribbon is correctly attached to the "Drive 1" connector on the Disk ][ controller. Check carefully that it is correctly aligned (not one pin off to the side), and that it is plugged all the way in.
Will try when the TV is free (Mom's currently watching something O:-) )
Btw: is your IIe an enhanced one? You can tell by looking at teh startup screen: the unenhanced model says "Apple IIe", where the enhanced one says "Apple //e" (mind the slashes).
It *says* //e, but I've heard from another person that the enhanced model has a keypad and the "Enhanced" light is not next to the " ~ " key (Bottom left...) ...
And, how much memory do you have? Look if there is a card in the "aux" slot (the one that isn't aligned with the others), and if there is one, look for an inscription. Then tell us. You know how interested I'm in your IIe and why ;-) .
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