Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!evax!cs4344af From: cs4344af@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Fuzzy Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1571 problems Message-ID: <1991Feb8.061140.18650@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Date: 8 Feb 91 06:11:40 GMT References: <1991Feb6.124702.2586@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <1991Feb6.193749.2593@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <1991Feb7.202452.14367@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington Lines: 18 In article <1991Feb7.202452.14367@nntp-server.caltech.edu> rknop@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop) writes: > >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. Speaking of which, if you're thinking of upgrading your drive ROM's, you should consider buying JiffyDOS. The JiffyDOS replacement ROM's contain the latest upgrades. In fact, JDOS beats the standard Commodore upgrade in one respect: A double-sided disk can still be used on both sides, even in so-called 1541 mode (U0>M0). And that has nothing to do with the speedup you get with JDOS. -- begin 644 .signature H5&AI