Fairlight-CMI

HI,

I have managed to get the Mitsubishi 2896-63 8" floppy drive to work as
drive 0 ( system disk drive ) in my CMI 2X. It works brilliantly but the
only way it will work is upside down ! If it is on its side ( as normal ) or
horizontal I get a " system disk not recognized " message. Life can be very
odd at times, any ideas? Thanks,

James Thomson

Hi James 
Well these were made down under.....Ha Ha
Regards
Colin

--- James Thomson <jamesthomson@mac.com> wrote:

> HI,
> 
> I have managed to get the Mitsubishi 2896-63 8"
> floppy drive to work as
> drive 0 ( system disk drive ) in my CMI 2X. It works
> brilliantly but the
> only way it will work is upside down ! If it is on
> its side ( as normal ) or
> horizontal I get a " system disk not recognized "
> message. Life can be very
> odd at times, any ideas? Thanks,
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> 
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:)

Well, there may be a loose cable, connecting when the drive is in a
certain position, or the head assembly may have been offset a bit and the
heads make a proper connection only when upside down.

Alternatively, a card may be making a false connection, except when upside
down. Try to take out and re-fit any disk related cards ?

Regards,
Harald.

> Hi James
> Well these were made down under.....Ha Ha
> Regards
> Colin
>
> --- James Thomson <jamesthomson@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> only way it will work is upside down ! If it is on
>> its side ( as normal ) or
>> horizontal I get a " system disk not recognized "
>> message. Life can be very
>> odd at times, any ideas? Thanks,
>>
>> James Thomson