Hi. I am semi-retired and trying to get my old Apple IIe running again. It has been ten years since I used the machine. The Apple IIe boots fine to basic and I can run programs and activate ports (PR#6, IN#11, etc.). The disk drive, which worked fine in the past, spins up but makes a new noise beyond the beloved rat-a-tat-tat of the Apple disk drives. The device keeps spinning but I don't get the Prodos screen etc. and the spinning will continue until I reset the Apple IIe. I have taken the drive apart and cleaned the inside here and there with isopropyl alcohol, including the drive head optics. The unit was clean, but now it is cleaner. The belts seemed tight and there were no obvious faults with the components. Upon reassembly, there was no change. Then I removed and cleaned the contacts on the disk controller card. There are no obvious faults on the card. I read the Apple Technical Procedures documents (linked through 68kmla.org) but the troubleshooting flow-chart requires known working hardware. I have attached a movie so one can hear the sound. Perhaps the sound is merely due to the disk continuing to spin, yet it sounds labored to me. I don't want to buy a compact flash drive adapter as I wish to work on the Apple IIe like we used to work on cars in the 1970s & 1980s .
Any help or thoughts are appreciated.
Cheers,
Madscatty
Any help or thoughts are appreciated.
Cheers,
Madscatty