Re: TT 1.44 meg floppy help

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From: Jan_Willekens
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 09:46

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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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