Re: 1571 troubleshooting

Are you sure you are using double sided floppies?  IE, can you write and read to both sides reliably in 1541 mode?

> On Dec 10, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to repair a 1571 drive, it reads fine all my 1541-written
> disks, but can't format a new disk either in 1541 or 1571 mode. All I
> get after a short while is a READ ERROR (21) kind of error. Do I
> assume correctly that the write circuit must be faulty? Any good hint
> is welcome, as I don't know this particular model, I've mostly worked
> with 1541's
> Thanks in advance
> Frank IZ8DWF
> 
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