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Re: Floppy Disk Drive read/write problems





On 21 Jan 1996, Kyle Silfer wrote:

> I never used to have this problem with Executor, but now I get annoying
> error messages of the Disk I/O error variety. This is true of 1.99q for
> DOS, and at least one executable revision before it... I saved a copy of
> the 1.99p7 executable and if I swap it in place of 1.99q the floppy
> read/write works perfectly.
> 
> The errors are pretty instantaneous... as soon as I try to copy, no matter
> what disk I use. I'll be keeping my copy of 1.99p7 around until this bug
> clears up.
> 
> --Kyle

I'm having a problem with Executor Dos 1.99q not reading or writing 
floppy disks at all.  When I try to read a disk or format a blank one, 
the system just hangs with the drive light still lit.  I think the disk 
may still be spinning, but nothing happens.  Any ideas?

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