Re: My Tulin Floptical disk drive went bad

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

MA <Marlin.Allred@unisys.com> wrote:

>If I insert a Floptical disk into the disk drive in either Finder or
>a text based application, the disk does not show up in the device
>list. However, if a insert a normal high density diskette into the
>same drive, there is no problems with reading the files on the disk.
>This disk drive is connected to a RamFAST controller card and used
>to recognize the floptical diskette but no more.

There is a chance that the sensor the drive uses to determine a
floptical is damaged.  Like on a high density disk, a floptical disk
is differentiated by something extra on the disk.  On a high density
drive, there is a sensor that reads an extra hole oposite the write
protect.  I think on the floptical, a sensor looks out for the "f" symbol.