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Re: HELP: Troubles with duodisk



Rubywand wrote:

>      In case you have not tried it, give your heads a good cleaning using a
> head cleaner diskette. You can get a 5.25" cleaner diskette with cleaner fluid
> (isopropyl alcohol) from Radio Shack or a computer stuff store.

Hard to find here, I'll try.

>      If your duodisk used to work, it is more likely that it is off-speed than
> that the heads have gotten out of alignment. I do not know where the speed
> adjustment for each duodisk drive may be located. (For single drives, you
> generally look for an adjustment hole on the bottom toward the front or the
> right side toward the back.) If you can not find the speed adjustment, you can
> remove the case and look for a screw-adjustable mini-pot.

This is for me, I think. But I'm in Italy, here's 60Hz the AC. There are problems if
I go by temptatives? The strobe patterns under the disk are two, and different. one
is for the 60 and the other for 50?

And...  a //C external will work as boot drive?

Thanks, Kot