Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP! !?!?!?!?!??!

1999-07-20 Thread Droopy
Manuel Bilderbeek schreef: > > HI! > > I'm still trying to fix this bloody drive! I found out some new strange > behaviour: > > Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > > > Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > > > I've been researching some more on this drive, and found the following: > > - If I'm lucky, I get a

Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP! !?!?!?!?!??!

1999-07-20 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
HI! I'm still trying to fix this bloody drive! I found out some new strange behaviour: Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > I've been researching some more on this drive, and found the following: > - If I'm lucky, I get a disk formatted with it (single sided and double >

Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
MANUEL wrote: > Ok, anyone else that might be able to help me? > I feel it must be possible to get this drive > working again! (It almost works!) > Grtjs, Manuel If you want to resolve your problem, use a PC drive !!! Diagram of the cable 8245 MSX > PC: 8245 (14 pin) PC

Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
> Well, it could be that the heads are not pressed tight enough onto > the disk, thereby not transferring the magnetic info correctly. (Try > pressing play just a little bit on your walkman and you'll hear the effect: > high frequencies get lost). No, pushing the head downwards does not hel

RE: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-22 Thread Anonymous
> Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > > > Richard Gerrits wrote: > > > > Maybe because the dirty heads, the drive thinks there is no disk, so > it > > > doesn't do anthing. > > > > Ok, I'll try to clean them. > > OK, now I tried to clean the heads, but it doesn't make any difference. > > Now this i

Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-22 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > Richard Gerrits wrote: > > Maybe because the dirty heads, the drive thinks there is no disk, so it > > doesn't do anthing. > > Ok, I'll try to clean them. OK, now I tried to clean the heads, but it doesn't make any difference. Now this is what Patrick Kramer maile

Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-17 Thread Anonymous
> It shouldn't, the directory is on the outer part. So far, so good, > I'd say. Oh, I thought it was on the inner part... Now that I think of it: yeah, you are right, it should be on the outer part, because there is more magnetic material per square meter there, so that the FAT and DIR an

RE: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
> Hi! > > I have a NMS-8245 of which the diskdrive is really broken. I already > replaced the belt, but that didn't help. I still get Disk Offline > errors. After opening the drive, I noticed that the drive-head isn't > moving to the inner part of the disk if I give a "Files" command. >

Re: Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-16 Thread maarten van strien
>Hi! > >I have a NMS-8245 of which the diskdrive is really broken. I already join the club :) I already use my 3rd drive now... wolf MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quot

Diskdrive of 8245 broken... HELP!

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi! I have a NMS-8245 of which the diskdrive is really broken. I already replaced the belt, but that didn't help. I still get Disk Offline errors. After opening the drive, I noticed that the drive-head isn't moving to the inner part of the disk if I give a "Files" command. But if I move it to the