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From: rosentha@aecom2.AECOM.YU.EDU (Yitzchak Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: A1020 (5.25 inch drive) Problems
Message-ID: <506@aecom2.AECOM.YU.EDU>
Date: 29 Nov 88 06:57:48 GMT
Organization: Yeshiva University, New York
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	After waiting for a 1020  fo over a year my dealer finally
got his hands on one for me.  I ordered the drive the same time I
ordered my amiga.  The main reason I wanted the drive was to transfer
ascii files from IBM floppys to my amiga at a reasonable
rate (2400 baud is too slow for me :-) ). 

The problem is that while I can mount the drive as DF2: (using the mountlist
entry that came with 1.3).  The PCUtil programs do not work.  
I took the drive back to my dealer and tried it on a 500 and
the PCUtil programs worked fine.

	I have an A2000 with 1 internal floppy a 2090 and a segate ST251N
I think the problem is related to the fact that there is only 1 internal
floppy  and the PCUtil programs see the 1020 as DF2: but I am not sure.
the PCUtil programs produce the following results: 
	1) in PCCopy no files show up 
	2) in PCFormat it starts up and I get an error (-4)
	   right away.

	The 500 had no addons that I know of except for the 1020
and the PCUtil programs showed the drive as df1: 


	I know the problem is not any software I am running because I
tried booting straight of the original 1.3 floppys (did not even mount my
harddrive).



I am considering two possible solutions.
	1) buying another internal drive (if the missing df1:
	   is for some strange reason causing the problem and
	   putting one in will fix it).

	2) buying Dos2Dos or its equivalent (if its commodore's PCUtil
	   software thats buggy and I have some proof that  Dos2Dos it
	   will work)

Since both These options are expensive and I am just guessing at what is wrong
I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions as to the cause and 
cure of this problem.

						Thanks in advance
						Elazar Rosenthal 
 		( I'm posting this form my brothers account)

						yrosenth@aecom2