13 Jun
1997
13 Jun
'97
4:29 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
I noticed that the cable that leads to the external
floppy port has been
badly crushed between the cast iron frame and the metal sheet that holds
the motherboard, though. I'll have to remove it to see if any of the
wires have been broken. :/
My internal floppy seems to be hosed. I can't boot any disks off of it.
Some bgin to boot but then go to error, others invoke this horrendous
recalibration that never ends. I assume the drive head is dirty and the
speed needs calibrating. I wonder if I can calibrate this drive like one
can the Disk ][?
I do need the system disks. I didn't get them
with the machine. I wish
there was some way to transfer them electronically, though... which is why
I asked if there was a way of getting an Apple ][ to access a ///'s disks.
I suppose the ///'s drive is double-sided, though.
Doug, if you want I can e-mail NuFX (ShrinkIt) images to you. This would
be the quickest way for you to get them. You'd need an Apple // running
shrinkit of course. The disk format between the // and /// is identical.
Sam
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