Is the 1571 speed fixed then. Maybe these issues could of been why all 3 of my 128DCR's were never reliable so that helps me too. Gee just trying to find the time to do this. Terry Raymond On Dec 20, 2017 8:46 AM, "Francesco Messineo" <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote: > Another thing: this drive has the 310654-03 firmware ROM, I've seen > there's a 310654-04 image on zimmers.net, is it worth trying it? > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Francesco Messineo > <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Pete Rittwage <peter@rittwage.com> > wrote: > >>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Pete Rittwage <peter@rittwage.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Most of the time, the issue with those is the top head does not apply > >> proper or even pressure for the bottom head to read. If it sits > >> open/unlocked for years and years, the little metal ribbon bends/warps > and > >> causes this. I would carefully check that first. > >> > >> http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/1571/1571diag.txt > > > > yes I know this page, but I haven't found a clue so far. > > It might be out of alignment. One thing that I noticed is that when > > formatting a disk that goes to track 35, it seeks back to track 0 for > > checking every track (I think) and fails immediately after seeking > > back to track 0, like if the sensor (that I cleaned), would not > > function properly... > > I'll try using the diagnostic programs, those maybe will give me some > > more hints. > > > > Frank > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-12-20 18:00:02
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