Re: disk ][ speed adjustment

[cknoblo@oasis.novia.net (Carl Knoblock)]

Dakin Williams (ddwilliams@bosco.meis.uab.edu) wrote:
> It has been some time since I've had to adjust the speed on my Disk ][
> drive.  Long enough, in fact, that I've forgotten how to do it!  I
> pulled the cover off the drive, but none of the screws jumped out at me
> as being the correct one to turn.   So I turned a few on the analog
> board and behind, but none changed the disk speed as it ran.  Page 146
> in the DOS Manual didn't illuminate much for me.
> 
> 	Can anyone with keen powers of description tell me exactly which screw
> (?) it is that changes the speed of the drive?  Location, color, nearby
> landmarks, etc.?  I am surprised to have forgotten this!
> 
It's the trimpot on the (i forget) end of the board on the back of the
drive. That's the board the ribbon cable from the CPU plugs into. It looks
like a long box, laying down on the board, with a screw head on one end.
If nothing changes the speed, it may be broke.
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Carl G. Knoblock                     Metro Apple Computer Hobbyists
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