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From: keithr@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (U.D.M.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: HELP! - Possible Disk Control Chip
Message-ID: <3084@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>
Date: 1 Dec 88 15:32:23 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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My brother's old style 520 has just started acting up.  When writing
to a disk or creating a new folder the disk directory sector gets
messed up, I think.  After one of these operations the directory
looks like garbage.  Some of the "new" file names have
resembalances(?) to words, characters from the ascii files on the
disk.  I know its not the disk drives, because I checked them out on
my 1040.  Could it be a loose disk controller chip? I've heard of
such things but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.  Also
when trying to do a disk copy from one disk to the other, the
writing disk is not recognized, but the reading drive is.  

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Keith Rast
keithr@icogem1.ICO.TEK.COM