Re: Disk ][ Drives not working

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <20040702115245.05740.00000651@mb-m27.aol.com>,
 mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:

> Don Bruder wrote:
> 
> >In article <pan.2004.07.02.11.21.49.257301@alirossdotco.uk>,
> > Alistair J Ross <mailat@alirossdotco.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>     Finally, taking a blank DSDD diskette 
> >
> >Bingo... There's a very likely explanation for your trouble.
> >
> >Betcha your drives and controllers are just fine. You problem is the 
> >disks. Disk II's are known for not putting out enough electromagnetic 
> >"oomph" to properly write on DD disks, which didn't exist back when 
> >those drives were designed, and require more power being applied to them 
> >to write a bit than the same bit that's destined for a single-density 
> >disk 
> 
> No, DD disks are what the Disk ][ was designed to use.
> 
> The darker-coated HD disks are the ones that won't work.

Ack! My bad...

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