Ok, thanks! My guess is without pressure the disk just floats along the
head, the problem I was running into was that the disks would get
grooves in them after running in the floppy for awhile and the head
would get dirty. Probably because the head was pressed against the same
track constantly as the pad was always down.
Finishing up the cleaning today, will then check the system and see what
works....
C
On 10/7/2020 9:21 AM, dwight wrote:
Look at the Shugart 800 manual. It shows a similar adjustment for the
pad. The head may still touch the disk though when the pad is lifted on
the 800. Maybe not a good idea but how it was done. Do make sure the pad
is clean and flat.
