User`s guide

The 3.5" diskette has a small plastic panel you can snap out for cleaning
two-head drives. Since the standard 3.5" 800k Apple II drive has two heads, snap
out the panel so that both the top and bottom heads get wiped.
To clean your drive head(s), you sqirt a few drops of Cleaning Fluid onto
the Cleaner Diskette disk, insert it into the drive, and get the disk spinning.
Allow about 20 seconds for a 5.25" and a couple10-second spins, with drops
between spins, for a 3.5" drive. (Booting the Cleaner Diskette is one way to get
it spinning. If DOS or ProDOS is installed, doing a CATALOG is another way. For
example: CATALOG,S6,D2 would get your 5.25" Drive 2 spinning. Doing a RESET will
stop the spinning.)
If you think it has been several months since the drive was last cleaned,
repeat the procedure-- i.e remove the Cleaner Diskette, add more fluid, etc.. As
a rule, do not let the disk spin more than 15-20 seconds for any cleaning cycle.
This is especially a concern with 3.5" drives where the heads are mounted on
springs and much more subject to snagging and being pulled out of alignment.
______________________________
From: Steve Jensen
005- I picked up an apple IIe and a duodisk drive at a
thrift store. Could someone describe the connecting
cable?
I just checked the pinout on a Duodisk cable. The numbers for the pins are
inside the plug by the pins, but I'll draw them for you.
DB 19 looking at the end of the cable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
DB 25 looking at the end of the cable: (x = no pin)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
x o o o o o o o o o o o x
o o o o o o o o x o o x
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Cable
DB 19 DB 25
1 2
2 4
3 9 & 21
4 10 & 14
5 23