Re: faulty floppy drives

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Erica and Michael Lasham wrote:

> answered it myself.
> Seems that the double sided double density soft sectore
> disks I was trying to format leave *alot* of
> gunge on the heads.  I had to get in and clean
> them myself as the head cleaning disk could not do the job.
>
> It is odd that I can read DSDD disks that came with
> the system though...

I ran into a similiar situation a few years ago. A large mixed batch
of disks would immediately coat the heads with gunk.  The disks
had been stored in an unheated building and repeatedly frozen.
That may or may not have been the cause but it was all we could
think of.

    Wayne