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Re: Recalibrate Disk Drives?



"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote in message
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> Chris Clement wrote:
> >
> > I received an email saying I should recalibrate my disk drives to get
Flight
> > Simulator working.  Don't have a clue how I would do this.  Anyone know?
> > Thanks.
>
> To get the drive speed I generally use Copy II plus
> To change it you have to adjust a screw and where that screw is varies
> with the various drives.
> With the Disk II you have to remove the top cover. The adjustment screw
> is on a small circuitboard at the rear of the drive. The screw is on the
> right hand side
> With the other Apple 5.25" drive the adjustment screw is on the bottom
> of
> the drive about 1.5" from the front.
> Cleaning the drive head is also an extremely good idea
>
> It's rarely that you have to do more than clean the head and set the
> drive
> speed


Thanks Wayne.  Any idea where I can get a copy of Copy II plus?