Works fine by now... A good cleaning and lubricating the head rail seems was enough. It formatted more than 10 discs, then I thought it was enough. On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 7:29 PM, william degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote: > Check the alignment. > > http://vintagecomputer.net/commodore/1541-1571_Drive_Alignment_Free_Spirit.pdf > http://vintagecomputer.net/commodore/64/d64_library/utilities/1541-1571align.d64 > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=519 > > Bill > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Francesco Messineo > <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list >> >> >> > >> >> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-12-10 19:01:48
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