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- From: Jan_Willekens@p12.f202.n281.z2.fidonet
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: TT 1.44 meg floppy help
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 10:46:18 +0100
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- In a message of <Sun 13 Dec 92 20:09>, Guy N Di Piertro (2:281/202.0)
- writes:
-
- GN> Hello! I have installed TOS 3.06 and the new Atari controller
- GN> for the 1.44 meg floppy in my TT. I have also flipped the
- GN> switch to enable the high density format button. The drive reads
- GN> properly, and even writes acceptably, but for some reason it
- GN> won't format in high density well. It worked a few times but
- GN> doesn't anymore. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
- GN> I think this discussion came up before but I don't remember
- GN> what the verdict was. Is the problem in the drive or the
- GN> controller or TOS? Thanks!
-
- Have you set the steprate to 6ms? You have to do that with HD drives,
- otherwise they will not work correctly in HD mode.
-
- Greetings... - Jan -
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