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From: regnery@wpi.wpi.edu (George Regnery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: CoCo disk drives
Keywords: coco, disk drive
Message-ID: <1397@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 89 00:52:41 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
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  I have a CoCo 2 and a Radio Shack disk controller.  I have been having some
problems with my drives.  When I format, the CoCo is unable to read sector 8
of every track.  Is this a hardware problem or is my controller messed up. I
am inclined to think it is a problem with my disk drive.  Are the heads
misaligned?  (This is an MPI single sided drive)

  I also have another disk drive that can read but not write.  I got the drive
used and it used to be in an IBM.  Someone said that PCs need a ready line
cut, and I may need to resolder it.  Is this true?  What pin (out of 34) is
the ready line?


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