Emax

Do your original Emax disks still work in your Emax?

Maybe the drive needs cleaning?

Could also be that the alignment of the heads are different/off between the computer and Emax. 

Try formatting them with the Emax.

Bob C

--- On Mon, 12/21/09, Peter Pöml <poeml@...> wrote:

From: Peter Pöml <poeml@...>
Subject: Re: [emax] Re: DSDD Disks VS HD
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 1:21 PM







 



  


    
      
      
      

Am 21.12.2009 um 21:17 schrieb Bob Conner:



> Because the HD magnetic media (coating) requires more power to be  

> written to than DDDS.

>

> If your DDDS drive does not have enough magnetic writing power the  

> data you record will be unstable and stop working sooner than if  

> written to DDDS disks (or not work at all... like one of our members  

> found out).

>

> I myself have never had a problem with HD disks used as DSDD in my  

> Emax II or in my many Atari ST computers over long periods of time.

>

> At this point it would be hard to say if you are better off using  

> new HD disks or DDDS if the DDDS have been sitting on a shelf for  

> 10+ years in unknown storage conditions (??? anybody?)

>



Interesting! I had good success with HD floppies; they seemed to work  

for me as well as DD floppies. (Emax II.) But I figured it might have  

been only luck. And, I mostly wrote them on a notebook and read them  

on the Emax - not vice versa.

> Are DDDS disks still made new?

>

I don't know.



But who wants 500 used ones? :-))



http://cgi.ebay. de/ATARI- 500-gebrauchte- DD-Disketten- auch-fuer- Amiga_W0QQitemZ1 30352495025QQcmd ZViewItemQQptZKl assische_ Computer? hash=item1e599d3 9b1#ht_500wt_ 924



(Before several group members try to bid competetively and drive up  

the price, it might make more sense if one of us buys them and  

shares... :-)



I also seem to find some sources here in Germany which look like new  

floppies:

http://shopping. kelkoo.de/ ssc-100353123- dd-disketten. html

http://www.vesalia. de/d_tdkmfd. htm

http://www.dataserv e-retro.co. uk/index1. html (that's in the U.K.)



Peter





    
     

    
    


 



  






      

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