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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

1349.0. "Floppy drive engineer wanted!" by STKHLM::LETTERSTAL (Johan Letterst�l DEC Stockholm) Wed Jan 27 1993 05:03

    A floppy drive question:
    
    A while ago I had problems with my floppy drive and did a lot
    of work on it. The problem got fixed and the drive has been working
    perfectly.
    But, a couple of days ago I found that FALCON failed to load. It hangs
    after the first disk. Testing a friends kit gave the same symptom.
    Other games or ordinary disks works ok. Only FALCON fails.
    Memory-tests works ok.
    
    I strongly suspect the drive, because of all the troubleshooting I did
    earlier. And here is the question:
    
    The drive (Epson) has a trim-pot on top. What is it likely used for??
    Spindle speed, read/write levels ......?????
    
    I'm not sure, but I could have touched it during the work.
    Any good answers???
    
    regards,
    Johan
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1349.1propably speedUFHIS::BFALKENSTEINWed Jan 27 1993 08:317
    
    I suspect this beeing the speed-adjust. Download 
    UFRCS1::DISK$FS:[FALKENSTEIN.ATARI.TOOLS]SPEED.TOS
    and try it out..
    
    Bernd
    
1349.2Error 66 ...HD_FALCON fixed it!STKHLM::LETTERSTALJohan Letterst�l DEC StockholmWed Jan 27 1993 15:4611
    SPEED.TOS:
    Hmmm, error 66......
    Did I download it the wrong way or?? Is it self-extracting?
    
    FALCON:
    This evening I installed HD_FALCON by John Harris on the harddisk.
    FALCON 1.0 now loads!
    FALCON 1.1 with Mission Disk 1 loads, but the game crashes. Could
    be some copy problem.
    This was interesting!
    /johan
1349.3self-extractingUFHIS::BFALKENSTEINThu Jan 28 1993 03:229
    
    re. -1 
    yes, SPEED.TOS is self-extracting. In one of the last replies to note
    9 you'll find a very good guide how to download these archives
    without using NFT and pathworks.
    
    Bernd