Re: Floppy disk drive retaining "image" of disk

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From: John Yewdall
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 00:00

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David McKone <david@dagorn.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>For the second time now I've come across a problem were a floppy disk 
>drive retains the "image" of a disk and imprints it another.  
>Unfortunately I can't remember how it was last solved :-(
>
The change disk line on the ribbon cable is on the opposite edge to
pin 1 so is in the firing line if you have a loose cable or loose
connector on the end of the cable. Any tight bends in the cable will
hit that line first also.

Another cause would be two floppy drive controllers enabled ie one on
the motherboard and one on an I/O board.

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