How true!
Well I got the drives cleaned up (they were quite dirty), and I'm just plugging them into power to see if they spin up.
Good news is that, despite some horrible whining sounds, the SCSI drive spun right up and the heads did their self check thing, so I assume it's operable.
Same goes for the IDE one.
The AppleCD, however, I'm not sure of. There's a light on the front which comes on and glows amber while it's making some whirring sounds, then it goes green.
The tray seems to open and close normally, and it doesn't complain when a disk is inserted.
However, I don't know if it's reading the disk, because it doesn't spin up and make audible noise (except for a slight clicking sound). I think it's spinning, but I can't tell.
Any advice?
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