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From: ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Disk Drive Woes
Message-ID: <3958@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 1 Dec 89 14:14:12 GMT
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Reply-To: ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell)
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old drive cards (one Apple disk II and card, one Franklin and franklin card)
plugged them in, and checked them out.  Both of them failed utterly
to read a nice blank but formatted prodos disk, so I used the 
copy II+ 8.0 utilities to check drive speed. The Franklin turns in a
steady 002.2, and the apple drive runs arount from 0 to 250, randomly.
Could this be a problem with the drive itself, or the drive card, or
simply old age, or what?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Shannon Bell
PO Box 36266   Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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