Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I've used the "tape" fix for years and have not had any problems.

 

 

James R. Pardonek, CISSP

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Computing Technology and Information Systems

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From: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of chili88
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:02 AM
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: disk format problems

 

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD%40yahoogroups.com> , "jenningsr72" <jenn11247@...>
wrote:
>
> hello,
> have had my vfx for about a year. trying to save info on disk 
> drive. bought 3.5 disks from walmart. when I format disks on vfx it 
> gives me bad data error. disks have never been used. do I need to buy 
> special disks or how do I fix this problem. thanks for any information.
>

Aside from confirming that you are using 2DD disks - Double Sided,
Double Density, Double Track 135 TPI -

I have found that some occasional R/W errors can be overcome by using
a finger to exert a very gentle upward or downward pressure on the
edge of the disk in the drive while it's spinning. This suggests that
the R/W heads may not be in perfect physical compliance with the
magnetic media, and/or the heads need cleaning.

In the case of errors involving old disks formatted long ago, these
may be due to alignment drift.

A good primer on floppy technology can be found at
http : // www . accurite . com / FloppyPrimer . html
(sorry, I'm not yet permitted to post functional links).

Douglas