atod
Experienced Member
Folks,
I finally configured my ImageDisk machine and hooked it up to my Shugart 800 8" drives. So far, one drive out of two works. I can read in 8 tracks (that have valid data), then the drive starts to encounter read errors on all higher tracks. I used a different formatted disk and have the same results. This leads me to believe it's possibly some issue with the position of the head after it's stepped? Ideas / suggestions?
I tried using the "Alignment" feature of ImageDisk and everything is ok up to track 8, but then when pressing the (R)ead key, tracks 8 and higher fail the read operation.
The other drive doesn't appear to read at all. For some reason I can format it and watch the stepper motor step the head in track by track. When I try to read from it or use the alignment tool, ImageDisk returns back "N". I looked and the drive is retuning Fault, Track 00 (when it's clearly not positioned over track 00) and WP. I checked for the Index pulse with a scope and it's there. Any ideas on this?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick
I finally configured my ImageDisk machine and hooked it up to my Shugart 800 8" drives. So far, one drive out of two works. I can read in 8 tracks (that have valid data), then the drive starts to encounter read errors on all higher tracks. I used a different formatted disk and have the same results. This leads me to believe it's possibly some issue with the position of the head after it's stepped? Ideas / suggestions?
I tried using the "Alignment" feature of ImageDisk and everything is ok up to track 8, but then when pressing the (R)ead key, tracks 8 and higher fail the read operation.
The other drive doesn't appear to read at all. For some reason I can format it and watch the stepper motor step the head in track by track. When I try to read from it or use the alignment tool, ImageDisk returns back "N". I looked and the drive is retuning Fault, Track 00 (when it's clearly not positioned over track 00) and WP. I checked for the Index pulse with a scope and it's there. Any ideas on this?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick