Juat a warniing about cleaning disks and Apple 5.25 drives(and any other other single sided 5.25 drives you may find on classic computers) Using a cleaning disk one one of thse can rip off the pad that applies pressure to the non-write side of the floppy disk.
You need to cover the hole on the non-write side of the head cleaning disket before using it so that this does not happen... I generally cut a small peice of scotch tape, stick it to a larger one, and then stick that over the hole.. the smaller peice keeps t he larger peice from sticking to the cleaning pad in the disk.
Another thing I didn't see mentioned. If drives are disconnected/connected while the IIgs is turned on, it is very easy to fry the floppy controller chip.
Also, if you have a Mac with a floppy port, you can test your 3.5 drives(DO NOT TRY THIS WITH 5.25 DRIVES!) on it to see if they work.
You need to cover the hole on the non-write side of the head cleaning disket before using it so that this does not happen... I generally cut a small peice of scotch tape, stick it to a larger one, and then stick that over the hole.. the smaller peice keeps t he larger peice from sticking to the cleaning pad in the disk.
Another thing I didn't see mentioned. If drives are disconnected/connected while the IIgs is turned on, it is very easy to fry the floppy controller chip.
Also, if you have a Mac with a floppy port, you can test your 3.5 drives(DO NOT TRY THIS WITH 5.25 DRIVES!) on it to see if they work.