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From: fmcphers@VTTCF.CC.VT.EDU (Frank McPherson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Realigning A1000 drives
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Date: 21 Jan 91 18:46:52 GMT
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| In general, the makers of 3.5" floppy drives do not provide a mechanism for
| aligning the drives.  They are manufactured to tight tolerances at the     
| factory and are tested for alignment, but there isn't an adjustment for    
| aligning or realigning them per se.  Although enterprising repairfolks may 
| find ways to change the alignment of individual units, people with drive   
| problems should probably write off the drive and just get another.

This, to the best of my knowledge, is not completely true.  A friend of mine is
borrowing my Amiga 1000 right now.  I stopped using it when I got my A3000UX.
At the time I gave it to him, the internal drive was out of alignment.  He's
fixed it since then, and I do stress the FIXED part of that, so I have to assume
that it is possible to re-allign at least SOME 3.5" drives.  

-- Frank McPherson                  INTERNET: fmcphers@vttcf.cc.vt.edu --