New HD disks not working in 1541?

From: Gunther Schadow <gunther_at_aurora.regenstrief.org>
Date: Tue May 29 22:52:42 2001

Hi,

now that I have my old C64 setup back I found that I could not
format newer 5.25" HD disks on the 1541 or 1571. It just bumps
and blinks and stops. Does the 1541 require hard sectored disk?
I don't think so, because I can still remember today that my first
disk ever said "BASF Flexi Disk, 5.25", Singled Side, Double
Density, Soft Sector." So what's the trick to get media working?
Bulk eraser? (BTW: It's been over 15 years and I still have that
disk and could actually read one side of it, that's fun!)

thanks
-Gunther

-- 
Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)630-7960                         http://aurora.regenstrief.org

Received on Tue May 29 2001 - 22:52:42 BST