Re: How to adjust the speed of floppy drives?

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

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in
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: Bill Garber wrote:
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: <snip>
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: >I have a //c 5.25 drive that has a problem
: >finding proper speed. It jumps from 0-350 MS
: >and back and everywhere in between. Any idea
: >what it needs? I have not tried the mechanism
: >with another analog card.
: >That's next.
:
: That might be a good thing to try.
: I doubt that the speed is actually varying that
much (which
: should be easily audible).  More likely, it is
simply reading
: erratically, confusing the drive speed
adjustment program.
: Could be as simple as running a head cleaning
disk or it
: could be the analog card...

I'll let you know which it is.

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