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Date   : Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:18:32 +0100
From   : James Fidell <james@...>
Subject: Re: DFS Installation

Quoting Jon Bloomfield (Jon.Bloomfield@...):

> I have just installed a DFS to my BBC Model B, and am having some problems
> with it.
> 
> The interface seems to be working more or less, because I can see the
> catalogue entries of my disk collection, but the drive is refusing to access
> any tracks other than track 0. I know the drive is OK, because it works fine
> on my BBC master. I can even write small files onto the disk and read them
> back, but as soon as the beeb tries to step the head I get an error message
> (error 18).
> 
> Does anyone know enough about disk-drives/DFS to offer some suggestions ?

Could be 40/80 track confusion ?

James.
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