On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
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> The monitor seems to interact with the drives when the monitor is
> turned on. It depends, I suppose, on the monitor, but I've got the
> IIe with the dual drive box between it and the color monitor and from
> time to time, e.g. when I turn on the monitor while the computer has
> been powered up but the monitor has been powered down, e.g. when I go
> upstairs to get a sandwich or answer the doorbell, the drive runs up
> and the diskette is partially unreadable afterward.
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Didn't you just get finished telling us in the last 10 messages on this
topic that you threw out all your Apple ]'s???
> I'm told by more experienced Apple owners that it's a good idea to (a)
> ground the disk drive boxes in the case of the old aluminum-cased
> Apple][ drives and (b) put a sheet of grounded ferrous metal between
> the monitor and drives. I don't know whether this helps, as I've
> simply stopped turning off the monitor when I go away.
I'm a highly experienced Apple ][ user (18 years and counting) and I've
NEVER heard of this. Further, as I've already stated NUMEROUS times,
THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE ASSANINE RUMORS YOU INSIST ON PROMULGATING HERE!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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