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From: luc@kulcs.UUCP (Luc Van Braekel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: 1541 diskdrive questions
Message-ID: <140@kulcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 13:09:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: kulcs.140
Posted: Thu Sep 25 13:09:53 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 26-Sep-86 01:15:02 EDT
Organization: Kath.Univ.Leuven, Comp. Science, Belgium
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1) Recently i read the following (translated) in the Dutch magazine
   "Commodore Dossier":

   > Remember that even renowned programs like Vizawrite use the disk-
   > corrupting 'SAVE "@0:...."'-command.  Using a new name and
   > scratching is safer.

   Why is that command disk-corrupting ?  Is it unsafe just because if
   something goes wrong during saving, your file is corrupted, or is
   there more to it (like a bug in the drive o.s.) ?

2) I frequently have read-errors when trying to save files when my
   diskdrive has been on for, say, more than 2 hours.  After switching
   it off and letting it cool for a few minutes, everything is OK
   again.  Any solutions ?

3) I heard that the annoying clicking sound of the 1541 drive has
   something to do with the head positioning on track 1.  Does this
   mean that if you don't use track 1, the drive won't click ?
   I noticed that there's a lot of clicking before bad reads.

Luc Van Braekel, Department of Computer Science, Katholieke
Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium  (...seismo!prlb2!kulcs!luc)