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   Norman Firth to Richard VanHouten   
   Re: Model 4 double sided disk drives   
   04 Jul 08 09:59:00   
   
   From: glynf1@cox.net   
      
   Richard VanHouten wrote:   
   > glynf1 wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >>   
   > Sounds to me like maybe MM CP/M is just thinking it successfully   
   > formatted both sides - have you replaced the drive cables with ones that   
   > don't have the side select pin (DS4 pin in Tandy drives) pulled?   
   It was the cable - I wonder what purpose the verify command serves in   
   cp/m. I also have an SVD that i purchased from Less it works great for   
   translating the dsk files.   
      
   thanks for the help   
      
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