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In article <1993Jan11.093126.1712@news.unige.ch>, mike@medsun.unige.ch
(michel morris) writes:
|> 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.
|> 
|> 
|> 

Sorry to hear the "voodoo" failed to work on your machine. The DD floppy 
has to be accessed in Atari mode, just prior to launching Spectre.

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Centre Meteorologique Canadien      "I am resplendent in divergence" 
Dorval, Quebec, Canada                                           D.B.

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