XF551 (8 BIT)









From: ad343

Date: 07/30/89-09:02:34 AM Z



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From: ad343
Subject: XF551 (8 BIT)
Date: Sun Jul 30 09:02:34 1989


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   HELP ! I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I
SENT WAS LOST IN THE BIT BUCKET. 
 ANYWAY, CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW TO GET
MY  '551' TO ACCESS, OR FORMAT THE SECOND
SIDE OF THE DRIVE ????
   ANY INFO IS GREATLY APPRECIATED....

                        "MICK"

** Answered by DOUG WOKOUN (aa384) on Wed Sep 14 20:02:07 1988 **

I suppose you sent the first one in
before the "crash".  Well, the XF551
is a little more picky than the single-
sided alternatives.  One thing is
that is DOES read the timing hole.
The timing hole is the small black 
hole just to the right of the center
hub.  To use side 2, the disk must
have two holes.  This can't be done
by yourself as far as I know, so
you have to buy diskettes with two
holes if you wish to use the second
side.  The only brand that I know of
that has two holes is BASF.  There
are probably others.  Also, if you
are using Atari DOS 2.5 or 2.0,
you can't use both sides because
they were not built to support a
DD/DS drive.  I belive Atari is
now shipping a version of DOS with
the drives.

        Thanks for asking.
                        
Doug Wokoun
Atari SysOp





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