Re: One head isn't better than two

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From: michael smith
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:35

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Original to: geoffc@zebedee.uucp
(I'd reply via mail, but from here I don't have a hope of getting to you 8( 

In a message of <04 Dec 92 14:13:19>, geoffc@zebedee.uucp (3:713/602)
writes:

 g> In the last few days my internal floppy disk drive had stopped working.

[...details...]

 g> Any ideas as to why the drive should stop recognising double sided disks
 g> ? My guess is that there is a break in the cable going to the floppy
 g> disk drive but any other ideas would be welcome before I try replacing
the
 g> cable. 

Sounds almost like the second head has had the richard - that happens quite
a lot if you format single-sided disks and use them as DS. (on some
single-sided disks only one side is polished - the other is like sandpaper)

Another possibility is that your soundchip has bit the dust - one of the
spare outputs on it is used to select which side of the floppy is read.  

The cable is a very unlikely suspect.

Buy a 3.5" floppy cleaning kit & try that first, then try a visual
inspection of the heads (peer thru the slot 8), also try borrowing another
DS drive & try with that.

 g> Thanks
 g> Geoffrey

\`miff`                                                       /|\

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