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In article <C0LFwz.6Dx@news.rich.bnr.ca>, bjgrier@bnr.ca (Brian Grier) writes:
> > I use floppy disks with Spectre 3.0 on my TT, all the time. But 
> > before I can do that, I have to perform a little voodoo, as follows:
> 
> > 1. Turn off CPU cache.
> > 2. From the Atari desktop, format a *double density* floppy.
> > 3. Launch Spectre.
> 
> > After that, I can read, write and format GCR disks without problems.
> > This works _every time_ on my TT, and at least one other that I know of.
> 
> According to Dave Small, on GEnie, you should not need to format
> a double density floppy, but you do need to access one. According 
> to Dave this causes TOS to set the floppy controller to the required
> density. Just thought I'd pass this along. However I can not confirm 
> this as I own Spectre 128 not GCR.
> 
I tried the "voodoo", to no avail.
Exactly WHEN does the TT need to access a DD floppy? Once you have gone into Spectre?

Mike M.