Re: How to adjust the speed of floppy drives?

[Ernest <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com>]

Tom Zuchowski wrote:

> "Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:RpdQb.3643$U%5.20468@attbi_s03...
>> I have a couple of "hacked" disk ][ style drives that are no longer
> working.
>> I'm not exactly sure of what the problem is but I think that the speed
>> adjustments are off. The former owner moved the adjustment pots to the
>> front of the drive because (according to him) the drives needed to be
>> adjusted frequently and he was tired of having to take the drives out to
>> adjust them. The drives also have Write Protect toggle switches and the
>> red/green lights on the front too (also added by the former owner.) I
> don't
>> want to toss the drives out if I can repair them but I'm not sure how
>> best to do it.
> 
> Apart from accessing copy-protected disks, another possibility for the
> need for convenient adjustment might be that the drive motors are wearing
> out. This has happened to me. I had a drive that simply would not stay
> adjusted. It finally got bad enough that I couldn't even adjust it any
> more while the speed program was running, as it hunted all over the place.
> I chanced upon an exact replacement for the motor in a surplus electronics
> catalog and bought a couple. After I replaced the drive motor, the drive
> was again rock-solid.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Tom Zuchowski

So it's safe to adjust the speed while the drive is running?