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In <1993Jan7.030106.1112@mlb.semi.harris.com> sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) writes:
>In article <93006.0602030407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <0407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>>I have a new 486 DX-66 and have found that when trying to install software
>>from either floppy drive, I often ran into problems.  It seemed that
>>even though I had "Inserted disk #2 in drive B:", the installation program
>>still detected disk 1.  To try to isolate the problem, I booted from a
>
>	Sounds like a pin 34 -- Change Disk line -- problem on the
>floppy cable. If the floppy drive problem(s) are on a 3.5" drive, look
>at the area on the drive near the floppy cable connector. Often
>there is a small adapter card that adapts between the floppy cable
>connector and the connector on the drive proper. On that little pc
>board adapter is often a jumper that can be tailored to make the
>Change Disk line work properly with different computers. Change the
>jumper pin to the other position and see if your problems go away.

Or, as I found out the hard way, it means that you've got a dust buildup
on the read-heads of your floppy drive.  Mine don't get much use, except
to install a new program.  However, that little slot pulls air through 
the computer ALL the time (my usenet site runs 24 hrs/day).  A can of
compressed air does wonders for solving this problem.  Note, also, that
tape backups use light sensors to see the end-of-tape holes in DC2000
series tapes -- dust means the tape will unspool, requiring you to take
the tape apart and then reassemble it.
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terry@dadstoy.gbdata.com	Terry Stockdale		Houston, Texas