--NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12747_1150582967_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Okay, if the drive *is* 40-track then alignment could be the problem. IIRR, you needed a special pre-recorded (analog) diskette and an oscilloscope to do alignment. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Barry Watzman" First, no, all Tandon TM-100’s are 40 track (the only 35 track drive made was the Shugart SA-400), and second, the alignment for the SA-400 (e.g. 35 track drives) was the same as for the 40 track drives. From: sebhc-bounces@sebhc.org [mailto:sebhc-bounces@sebhc.org] On Behalf Of davidwallace2000@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:41 PM To: sebhc@sebhc.org Subject: Re: [sebhc] Diskette Drives It's possible that the TM100 drives are 35-track (TRS-80) instead of 40 (H17). -------------- Original message -------------- From: Carroll Waddell > Does anyone know about diskette head alignment? > I got some Tandon TM100 drives off EBAY. They are single sided and look > like they should work, but diskettes written on the normal H17 won't > read on the Tandon. Is there some different head alignment or something? > Carroll > -- > Delivered by the SEBHC Mailing List > If you would like to unsubscribe, please send the word "unsubscribe" > in the **body** of a message to sebhc-request@sebhc.org. --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12747_1150582967_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Okay, if the drive *is* 40-track then alignment could be the problem.  IIRR, you needed a special pre-recorded (analog) diskette and an oscilloscope to do alignment.
 
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Barry Watzman" <Watzman@neo.rr.com>

First, no, all Tandon TM-100’s are 40 track (the only 35 track drive made was the Shugart SA-400), and second, the alignment for the SA-400 (e.g. 35 track drives) was the same as for the 40 track drives.

 

 

From: sebhc-bounces@sebhc.org [mailto:sebhc-bounces@sebhc.org] On Behalf Of davidwallace2000@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:41 PM
To: sebhc@sebhc.org
Subject: Re: [sebhc] Diskette Drives

 

It's possible that the TM100 drives are 35-track (TRS-80) instead of 40 (H17).

 

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Carroll Waddell <carrollwaddell@sc.rr.com>

> Does anyone know about diskette head alignment?
> I got some Tandon TM100 drives off EBAY. They are single sided and look
> like they should work, but diskettes written on the normal H17 won't
> read on the Tandon. Is there some different head alignment or something?
> Carroll
> --
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> If you would like to unsubscribe, please send the word "unsubscribe"
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