Re: How to adjust the speed of floppy drives?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com> wrote in
message news:6lxQb.140190$xy6.593051@attbi_s02...
: Tom Zuchowski wrote:
:
: > "Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com> wrote
in message
: > news:RpdQb.3643$U%5.20468@attbi_s03...
: >> I have a couple of "hacked" disk ][ style
drives that are no longer
: > working.
: >> I'm not exactly sure of what the problem is
but I think that the speed
: >> adjustments are off. The former owner moved
the adjustment pots to the
: >> front of the drive because (according to him)
the drives needed to be
: >> adjusted frequently and he was tired of
having to take the drives out to
: >> adjust them. The drives also have Write
Protect toggle switches and the
: >> red/green lights on the front too (also added
by the former owner.) I
: > don't
: >> want to toss the drives out if I can repair
them but I'm not sure how
: >> best to do it.
: >
: > Apart from accessing copy-protected disks,
another possibility for the
: > need for convenient adjustment might be that
the drive motors are wearing
: > out. This has happened to me. I had a drive
that simply would not stay
: > adjusted. It finally got bad enough that I
couldn't even adjust it any
: > more while the speed program was running, as
it hunted all over the place.
: > I chanced upon an exact replacement for the
motor in a surplus electronics
: > catalog and bought a couple. After I replaced
the drive motor, the drive
: > was again rock-solid.
: >
: > Good luck.
: >
: > Tom Zuchowski
:
: So it's safe to adjust the speed while the drive
is running?

Not only is it safe, but it's down-right
necessary. I use Copy II Plus's command:
VERIFY/DISK SPEED, a blank formatted disk
and no other disk drives or adapter cards
installed. The range I believe, IIRC is
198-202 MS. The drive I tested to get this
info for you is running at 199.5/7, and
I won't change it. Good Luck.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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