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From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Rainbow TOS vs. older versions: problem
Keywords: Rainbow TOS ; TOS 1.2 ; ST2
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Date: 28 Jan 91 19:21:47 GMT
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In article <1906@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl> spit@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl (Werenfried Spit) writes:
>I have a problem which I think is in Rainbow TOS.
>When I format disks with Rainbow TOS it quite often
>happens that my ST2 that is running TOS 1.2 can 
>no longer read the disk when it has become somewhat
>filled. The problem doesn't occur with our 1040's.
>
>Is there anyone who has some idea about what might be
>happening?

I'd say it's the drive on the Mega.  Perhaps it's out of alignment, or the
drive speed could be off by a couple of RPMs.  Rainbow TOS 'twists' the disks
when it formats, to gain increased speed.  I used this when I had my 1040 
(TOS 1.0) using an auxiliary formatting program.  You may want to try 
formatting the disks with a formatting program, instead of with the desktop,
and see if there's any difference.



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