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   Message 4,895 of 5,684   
   Jim to Gary   
   Re: Model 4 double sided disk drives   
   02 Jul 08 23:49:29   
   
   From: jkorman@alltel.net   
      
   On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:56:56 -0500, "Gary"  wrote:   
      
   >are you using double sided drives?   
   >   
   >   
   >"glynf1"  wrote in message   
   >news:4%xak.5708$oY2.3084@newsfe21.lga...   
   >>I have been refurbishing a Model 4. All works well with the exception of   
   >>double sided drives under TRSDOS 6.2.1 ( I can run Montezuma CP/M which   
   >>will format double sided disks) TRSDOS gives the option of double sided   
   >>when formatng, but the veryfy fails on all tracks - one sided will format   
   >>Ok What am I doing wrong?   
   >> Any help would be appreciated.   
   >> Thanks   
   >> Glyn   
   >>   
   >   
   What type of disks are you using. I had to bulk erase any of the high   
   density formatted disks I had purchased and then double density format   
   worked fine.   
      
   Just a thought, Jim   
      
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