Re: DuoDisk problem

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Are these drive worth purchasing?  There is a machine
at a thrift store here with one of those drives with the
cables and controller.  It has been sitting there for a
while and I have looked at it once.

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"John Laughlin" <john242ti@premier1.net> wrote in message
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> John L wrote:
> >
> > Recently, the DuoDisk drive on my //e cannot reliably read any 5.25"
> > disks I attempt to boot.  The disks I tested boot normally on my ][+
> > (with Disk ][) and my ROM3 GS (w/Unidisk 5.25").  The symptoms vary
> > from partial booting to no boot at all.  Sometimes the Duodisk reports
> > I/O error's which are non-existant when checked on my other //e's Disk
> > ][.
> >
> > I have tried cleaning the heads of the DuoDisk using a 3M disk cleaner
> > but the same problems still manifest.
> >
> > I'm thinking maybe the drive speed of the DuoDisk is off somehat or
> > the drive itself is trashing my disks due to some fault.
> >
> > Any input appreciated.
>
> I had a similar problem with a DuoDisk that I purchased for $5.00 at a
> used computer store in the as is area.  The heads were so out of
> alignment that it wouldn't read or write, so I replaced the drive
> mechanism with one from an Apple 5.25 Drive that I had lying around...
> Now works great.  No longer looks completely normal, since part of the
> drive door is platinum now, but that's ok.  Oh, btw, it also came with
> the "rare" cable.
> -J
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