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Article #39981Re: Need help w/5 1/4" drive
From: Ray Wallace
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 18:15
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 18:15
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In article <1732@cod.NOSC.MIL>, jensen@cod.NOSC.MIL (Layne K. Jensen) writes... >I have been trying to install a 5 1/4" floppy drive on my 1040ST. I think .... >able to read existing files written on other machines, but does not reliably >write or format a disk. You need to slow down the seek rate for the 5 1/4" drive in order for it to work properly. There are a few programs available for doing this, try looking in the panarthea archives. I beleive DCformat can do this as well as SCHIZO. --- Ray Wallace (INTERNET,UUCP) wallace@oldtmr.enet.dec.com (UUCP) ...!decwrl!oldtmr.enet!wallace (INTERNET) wallace%oldtmr.enet@decwrl.dec.com ---
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!engage.enet.dec.com!oldtmr!wallace From: wallace@oldtmr.dec.com (Ray Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Need help w/5 1/4" drive Message-ID: <1407@engage.enet.dec.com> Date: 3 Jan 90 18:15:26 GMT Sender: news@engage.enet.dec.com Distribution: na Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 17