Well I took this out of storage again to play with it.
Still no luck. Cleaned the floppy drive head but no luck. Also doesn't explain why a known-good external drive won't work.
However... I was reading online someone had a similar issue. The problem was the IWM chip (Integrated Wozniak Machine) which apparently controls the floppy disk drive. That could be why the system
always thinks there is no disk drive is installed. I'll keep my eye out at yard sales for a spare IIc or IIc plus. I'd love to have a working one, I have a stack of floppies just waiting to play with... I do have a working IIGS.
However in the apartment it's nicer to have a compact machine like the IIc or IIc plus.
Still no luck. Cleaned the floppy drive head but no luck. Also doesn't explain why a known-good external drive won't work.
However... I was reading online someone had a similar issue. The problem was the IWM chip (Integrated Wozniak Machine) which apparently controls the floppy disk drive. That could be why the system
always thinks there is no disk drive is installed. I'll keep my eye out at yard sales for a spare IIc or IIc plus. I'd love to have a working one, I have a stack of floppies just waiting to play with... I do have a working IIGS.
However in the apartment it's nicer to have a compact machine like the IIc or IIc plus.