REALIGNI.154
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Mays, X344| 00000030: 38 29 0A 4E 65 77 73 67 72 6F 75 70 73 3A 20 63 |8).Newsgroups: c| 00000040: 6F 6D 70 2E 73 79 73 2E 63 62 6D 0A 53 75 62 6A |omp.sys.cbm.Subj| 00000050: 65 63 74 3A 20 52 65 3A 20 52 65 61 6C 69 67 6E |ect: Re: Realign| 00000060: 69 6E 67 20 61 20 31 35 34 31 20 44 69 73 6B 20 |ing a 1541 Disk | 00000070: 44 72 69 76 65 0A 44 61 74 65 3A 20 32 31 20 4F |Drive.Date: 21 O| 00000080: 63 74 20 31 39 39 33 20 31 37 3A 35 32 3A 35 33 |ct 1993 17:52:53| 00000090: 20 47 4D 54 0A 4F 72 67 61 6E 69 7A 61 74 69 6F | GMT.Organizatio| 000000A0: 6E 3A 20 4D 61 72 74 69 6E 20 4D 61 72 69 65 74 |n: Martin Mariet| 000000B0: 74 61 20 43 6F 72 70 2C 20 4D 6F 6F 72 65 73 74 |ta Corp, Moorest| 000000C0: 6F 77 6E 20 4E 4A 0A 44 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 |own NJ.Distribut| 000000D0: 69 6F 6E 3A 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 0A 52 65 70 6C 79 |ion: world.Reply| 000000E0: 2D 54 6F 3A 20 77 6D 61 79 73 40 6D 6F 74 6F 77 |-To: wmays@motow| 000000F0: 6E 2E 67 65 2E 63 6F 6D 0A 4E 4E 54 50 2D 50 6F |n.ge.com.NNTP-Po| 00000100: 73 74 69 6E 67 2D 48 6F 73 74 3A 20 65 70 69 30 |sting-Host: epi0| 00000110: 35 37 2E 6D 6F 74 6F 77 6E 2E 67 65 2E 63 6F 6D |57.motown.ge.com| 00000120: 0A 0A 59 65 73 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 20 61 |..Yes, you can a| 00000130: 6C 69 67 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 73 65 6C 66 2E 0A 59 |lign yourself..Y| 00000140: 65 73 2C 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 73 2F 77 |es, there is s/w| 00000150: 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 6E 64 69 63 61 74 65 73 20 | that indicates | 00000160: 61 6C 69 67 6E 6D 65 6E 74 2E 0A 4E 6F 2C 20 6D |alignment..No, m| 00000170: 6F 73 74 20 64 69 73 6B 20 61 6C 69 67 6E 6D 65 |ost disk alignme| 00000180: 6E 74 20 73 2F 77 20 63 61 6E 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 |nt s/w can not b| 00000190: 65 20 63 6F 70 69 65 64 20 6F 72 20 64 6F 77 6E |e copied or down| 000001A0: 6C 6F 61 64 65 64 3B 0A 46 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 |loaded;.For the | 000001B0: 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 70 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 73 20 |better programs | 000001C0: 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 75 73 65 2C 20 74 68 65 20 |that I use, the | 000001D0: 64 69 73 6B 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 61 6C 69 67 |disk is the alig| 000001E0: 6E 6D 65 6E 74 0A 72 65 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65 20 |nment.reference | 000001F0: 74 6F 6F 6C 2E 20 49 74 20 6D 75 73 74 20 68 61 |tool. 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FROM: WMAYS@MOTOWN.GE.COM (WILLIAM L. MA YS, X3448).NEWSGROUPS: COMP.SYS.CBM.SUBJ ECT: RE: REALIGNING A 1541 DISK DRIVE.DA TE: 21 OCT 1993 17:52:53 GMT.ORGANIZATIO N: MARTIN MARIETTA CORP, MOORESTOWN NJ.D ISTRIBUTION: WORLD.REPLY-TO: WMAYS@MOTOW N.GE.COM.NNTP-POSTING-HOST: EPI057.MOTOW N.GE.COM..YES, YOU CAN ALIGN YOURSELF..Y ES, THERE IS S/W THAT INDICATES ALIGNMEN T..NO, MOST DISK ALIGNMENT S/W CAN NOT B E COPIED OR DOWNLOADED;.FOR THE BETTER P ROGRAMS THAT I USE, THE DISK IS THE ALIG NMENT.REFERENCE TOOL. IT MUST HAVE THE T RACKS IN PRECISELY THE RIGHT PLACES..HOW EVER; I FIND THAT IF GAMES, ETC. ARE PRO TECTED, THEY MAY NOT LOAD.BECAUSE OF A S PEED INACCURACY. SPEED IS MUCH EASIER TO ADJUST...YOU CAN GO MAD TRYING TO SET H EAD ALIGNMENT BY LOADING A COMMERCIAL.PR OGRAM, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO TRY..HEAD ALI GNMENT IS SHIFTED BY LOOSENING THE TWO S CREWS ON THE BOTTOM THAT.HOLD THE MOUNTI NG EARS OF THE STEP MOTOR. THEN THE MOTO R IS TURNED A TINY .DISTANCE AND TIGHTEN ED DOWN. TURNING ALL THE WAY END-TO-END OF THE MOTOR MOUNTING.SLOTS COVERS 2 - 3 TRACKS, YOU WANT TO MOVE BY QUARTERS OF A TRACK, AT MOST..YOU NEED TO KNOW MORE BEFORE YOU MESS WITH THE HEAD STOP ADJU STMENT, PRAY IT IS OK...SPEED ADJUSTMENT IS DONE BY MAKING TINY TWEEKS OF THE SP EED CONTROL POT, .A SUBMINIATURE SQUARE PLASTIC TRIMMER POT. IT IS IN DIFFERENT PLACES, TOP AND.BOTTOM DEPENDING ON THE MODEL/YEAR OF THE DRIVE. IT IS ON THE AC TUAL DRIVE .FRAME, ON A RATHER SMALL PC BOARD, NOT IN THE LARGE 1541 CHASSIS OR MAIN BOARD..THE DRIVE FLYWHEEL UNDER THE FLOPPY HUB MAY HAVE A RADIAL PATTERN OF BLACK LINES.THAT CAN BE STROBED UNDER N EON OR FLUORESCENT LIGHT TO SET THE SPEE D..S/W CAN ALSO MEASURE SPEED, IT ALL DE PENDS ON WHAT YOU CAN GET..---.SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF: BILL MAYS.\ /. \/. /\ ./ \ MY MARK...
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