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From: bigben@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Benbuck Nason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Flakey A1020 5 1/4" floppy
Keywords: A1020
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Date: 18 Feb 91 06:06:06 GMT
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My A1020 5 1/4" external floppy is misbehavin'.  The head doesn't seem to move
correctly.  After I mount it, if the head is located in the middle (track 19
or 20???) there is nothing I can do to get it to recognize a valid DOS disk.
I have tried cd, dir, diskchange.  It only works if I move the head by hand
to the outside of the disk (track 0???), then do any of those commands.  To
make sure it returns to that position after I'm done, I have to execute a
diskchange with no disk in before I turn it off.  This works fine, but if I 
ever forget or if some unexpected GURU were to visit, I have to take the
thing all the way apart to reset the head.

So why isn't the head resetting?  (Any educated guess would help)  Should it
reset automatically on power up or diskchange?  How should the jumpers be set?

Please email me any help you can give.  Thanks,
BigBen
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