At 07:31 PM 6/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
>
>> > My internal floppy seems to be hosed. I can't boot any disks off of
it.
>> > Some bgin to boot but then go to error, others invoke this horrendous
>> > recalibration that never ends. I assume the drive head is dirty and the
>> > speed needs calibrating. I wonder if I can calibrate this drive like
one
>> > can the Disk ][?
Hmmm... if I recall correctly (its been a while), the drives will act quite
obstinate if the speed if off more than a bit. Most of the Apple drive
mechs (at least as I recall) had strobe disks on the flywheel pulley that
you can use to get the speed fairly close.
Also, the positioner mechanism on the Apple drives was quite sensitive to
the head carriage drive rails getting dirty and binding. You should check
to make sure that the carriage is free to travel across the full extent of
the guide rails easily.
-jim
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Received on Fri Jun 20 1997 - 01:21:40 BST