Re: 1571 troubleshooting

From: Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:23:04 +0100
Message-ID: <CAESs-_xYDGHV_ijYBcRW60MVt6nFfo5_+y3Wkw+-WPGjeJQczw@mail.gmail.com>
I've never seen real "single side" floppies, but yes, I'm sure they
are double side :)

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Justin <shadow@darksideresearch.com> wrote:
> 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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