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From: wao@aluxz.UUCP (William Oswald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Need help with my floppy disk
Message-ID: <960@aluxz.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 89 18:18:54 GMT
Reply-To: wao@aluxz.UUCP (52276-oswald, william a)
Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA
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I am having trouble with my 1040 ST that I hope someone in netland can help
me with. First of all I have RTC.PRG(a program that sets the correct time
at bootup by using the Z TIME chip I have installed in my ST), ETERNAL.PRG
(a ram disk), TWARP.PRG(to speed up disk reads), and STARTGEM(to autoload
NEO-DESK) in my auto folder. Now for the problem:
If I leave my ST on for > 15 minutes without using the floppy disk, the
floopy will not work right. For example, I boot up the st (everything starts
ok) and leave it idle for >15 minutes then I double click on a folder (auto
for example). The path will show a:\auto\*.* but the directory listing will
be wrong (the disk did not spin). If I double click on the close box the path
will change to a:\*.* but the directory listing will stay the same (the disk
does not spin). However, if I pop the disk and put it back in everything works
correctly. I am not sure if waiting another 15 minutes will recreate the
problem (I never tried it). By the way, I already tried booting up the st
without an auto folder and no accessories. I get the same problem! If I am
running Word Writer ST for > 15 minutes and attempt to do a save to disk the
file prints to the screen.
What can be causing this to happen. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Bill Oswald
a.k.a wao@aluxz