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From: joels@tektronix.UUCP (Joel Swank)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: s. density or d. density?
Message-ID: <4122@tektronix.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 10-Nov-84 00:15:32 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 10 00:15:32 1984
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> It's been about a year since I have been involved in the Commodore scene.
> I've been wondering if Commodore ever printed a corrected version of the
> 1541 manual.  The first two said that the drive used SINGLE density floppies
> even though it is a DOUBLE density system.  I am certain that quite a few
> problems were caused by that misleading specification.  Anyone using single
> density disks is bound to think their drive is out of alignment or is having
> some other problem.  This problem seems to be a carry-over from the 4040's
> which had the same misleading information in their manuals.  Commodore also
> never made it very clear that the 8050 required QUAD density floppies in order
> to operate reliably.

I have used single sided single dinisity el cheapo diskettes (currently $.89)
for years. I always run them through Fast CHECKDISK (7 minutes) before using
them. I get about 1 failure in 20. I get no better results with expensive
diskettes.

Joel Swank
Software Center Tools Support
50-487
Tektronix
Beaverton OR 97077