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From: rknop@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 1571 problems
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.202452.14367@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 91 20:24:52 GMT
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hh2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>There's nothing wrong with taking forever to write to the back of a disk. If 
>it really bothers you, get the most recent 1571 ROMS installed by any
>authorized COmmodore service center. I haven't bothered, but I think this may
>solve the problem.

This worked for me- I had the old ROMs, and when writing to the back of the
disk, the drive head would go back and forth, back and forth, and take FOREVER.
I haven't seen it do that since I upgraded to the recent ROMs.

-Rob Knop
rknop@tybalt.caltech.edu