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From: leavens@atari.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Atari Drives, copy protection, BITNET
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Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 12:24:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 11 12:24:16 1987
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>...Is there a
> program to check the drive speeds for the ST, and if so how do you adjust an
> incorrect speed?
> 
  There is a public domain program, although I haven't personally seen it,
that does this.  One thing to remember, though, is that you can't adjust
the drive speed on ST drives the same way you can on 8 bit drives.  
(There's apparently no easily adjusted pot, the way there was on 810's).

  I have trouble believing that any copy protection method today relies
on drive speed for it's protection to work--I think that in VIP's case they
use a bad sector out on track 81 or 82, which is a definite no-no.  3.5"
drives are spec'd to go to track 80, and that's it...

--alex @ Atari

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