I recently acquired a Davong Systems DSI A506 5Mb hard drive, complete with Apple ][ interface card.
I have no documentation for it, and don't know anything else about it. The last time I used a hard drive with an Apple was 1991, and I don't remember much of anything about that.
I plugged the controller card into Slot 4 (the only open slot in my ][+) and power everything up. Upon executing PR#4, the controller for some reason activates my 80 column card, and prints "DRIVE 1 NOT READY" to the screen, continuously, every second or so. The drive itself sounds very sickly, it cannot seem to achieve a constant speed. So, I assume the drive needs to be replaced. But, unless I can learn more about the whole system, I can't see replacing the drive only to not know what to do with it.
Does anyone know anything about these?
I have no documentation for it, and don't know anything else about it. The last time I used a hard drive with an Apple was 1991, and I don't remember much of anything about that.
I plugged the controller card into Slot 4 (the only open slot in my ][+) and power everything up. Upon executing PR#4, the controller for some reason activates my 80 column card, and prints "DRIVE 1 NOT READY" to the screen, continuously, every second or so. The drive itself sounds very sickly, it cannot seem to achieve a constant speed. So, I assume the drive needs to be replaced. But, unless I can learn more about the whole system, I can't see replacing the drive only to not know what to do with it.
Does anyone know anything about these?