Mike,
Another follow up that probably sheds a bit more light on my Apple III
issue. I tried copying some additional disk images today. I tried the
CFFA SOS image, but it exhibited the same behavior as the other SOS
image...the floppy drive spins for about 3 sec and then nothing. On a
whim, I tried the RAM test image. It worked and brought up the RAM test
screen and began the test. It stops and indicates bad RAM where shown in
the pic in the imgur link below. There appears to be third party RAM in
this III. Is that common? Is there a way to test without that RAM that
would be recommended? I did reset all of the RAM chips on the board, but
it still fails at the same location.
http://imgur.com/a/c40m0
On the bright side, I'm thinking this is a good sign for the floppy
drive...the down side is obviously RAM issues.
Thanks,
Win