Date   : Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:10:32 +0100 (BST)
From   : Brian Widdas <brian@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Colin wrote:

> Having searched a number of sites (especially nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/), I keep
> getting the error message "Disk fault 18 is at 00/00" when I try any
> commands or it just happily sits there (drive light on and a sound of
> static) and doesn't seem to get anywhere..
> The discs I am trying are labelled " DD 48 TPI" or"High Density DS,HD IBM
> at1.6mb"and do have some stuff already on them.

Most obvious thing I can think of - is it a 40 or 80 track drive (or
switchable), and are the disks formatted 40 or 80 tracks?

Brian
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