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- Subject: Re: Trouble with 1571
- Organization: Int. Asc. of United Poodles.
- From: rklace@crashb.megalith.miami.fl.us (Robert Klace)
- Message-ID: <rklace.0ab6@crashb.megalith.miami.fl.us>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 04:15:09 EST
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- On Sat 13-Jan-1996 1:53a, Bob Cogdell wrote:
- BC> light isn't on. As for the trouble reading 1541 disks, I
- BC> would say it's probably an alignment problem, either with
- BC> the drive the disks were originally written from or the
- BC> 1571.
-
- Nope, thats one of the bugs of the old 1571 roms. It didn't reckonise 1541
- disks right away, and tried to read the side2 bam.
-
- One trick that always worked. Pinch the disk so it stopped spinning, and watch
- the error light and listen. Pinch the disk until it's just about to throw a
- failure error, and let it go. That forced it to acknowledge 1541 disks.
-
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