[Coco] DSKINI sounds

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 15 October 2012 14:11:14 David Roper did opine:

> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a traditional pattern to the sounds a drive makes while
> running DSKINI on a coco?
 
You should be able to hear the drive regularly stepping along track to 
track.  If it has an inconsistent thump, that is generally a sign the drive 
needs to be removed from the box, and both the rails the head carriage 
slides on, and the screw that drives the carriage cleaned with alcohol and 
q-tips till they sparkle, then a drop or 2 of good oil on the slide rails, 
and a coat of chassis grease or petroleum jelly on the drive screw.  Tape 
driven, side motor driven carriages, need the tape and pulley cleaned as a 
coat of dust can build up on the tape and pulley, effecting the track 
spacing at various places on the disk.  Use paint thinner alcohol, not that 
watered down medicine cabinet grade.

> I've got a Coco3 ->modified MPI->FD-500 controller->FD-500 dual disk
> setup that has worked in the past, but now its failing somewhere along
> the line, and I'm not sure where
> 
> - David
> 
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