Date   : Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:59:26 +0000
From   : John Woodgate <jmw@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Micro repairs

I read in !bbc-micro that Chris Johns <cmj@...>
wrote (in <20020220232344.017C.CMJ@...>) about
'[BBC-Micro] BBC Micro repairs', on Wed, 20 Feb 2002:
>This sounds very obvious, but is the drive set to the right number of
>tracks?

There are two drives and the track switches don't make any difference to
the error message.
>
>Some drives (mine at least) seem to 'chug' slightly when you flick the
>40/80 switch. I mention this because...
>
>It could be that the 40/80 switch has become disconnected from the drive
>board, so isn't switching the drive over). In some drives it is just
>attached with wires soldered onto the IC legs, a wire may of come off
>somewhere.

Well, I'll check. I suppose the switches could have built up oxide on
the contacts, too.
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