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Re: I love it!

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From: Fiacha of Glencar Fiacha of Glen...
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1989 21:35
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From article <3872@druhi.ATT.COM>, by dlm@druhi.ATT.COM (Dan Moore):
> in article <7436@xanth.cs.odu.edu>, scott@flounder.cs.odu.edu (Scott Yelich) says:
>> I have since found the name of that track offset-- TWISTED.  I think what
>> it is supposed to do is scramble the formated sectors on the tracks to
>> allow the required access-time to decrease.
> 	TWISTER also formats the disk with 10 sectors per track instead
> of the standard 9 sectors per track.  On a drive spinning anywhere near
> the correct speed (300 RPM) this is not a problem.

I tried TWISTER thinking how wonderful.

All was well until I tried to use the floppy.
This led me to find a speed checker.
It seems that my drive spins at 304 to 305 rpm and therefore has problems
with 10 sector formats.

I think that I used to be able to format with 10 sectors/track but I could
be mistaken.

How can I slow it down? If I can't slow it down, how much will Atari charge
me to replace it.

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From: Fiacha of Glencar@hjuxa.UUCP (Fiacha of Glencar)
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Subject: Re: I love it!
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Date: 31 Jan 89 21:35:54 GMT
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