+Guitarman Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 (edited) Since I have so much hardware now to test/repair/restore/etc.... , I am building a set of tools to test/repair everything to the best of my ability. I am ordering from Best, the SALT test cart and supporting hardware for testing all the computers. This leads me to the drives now. What is/are the best means for testing the Atari floppy drives?? This would include Indus, Rana and any other Atari compatible drives. I am assuming it would be a software solution that runs read-write tests and so forth. Any suggestions or methods welcomed!!! Edited November 27, 2007 by Guitarman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Guitarman Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Any input??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Since I have so much hardware now to test/repair/restore/etc.... , I am building a set of tools to test/repair everything to the best of my ability. I am ordering from Best, the SALT test cart and supporting hardware for testing all the computers. This leads me to the drives now. What is/are the best means for testing the Atari floppy drives?? This would include Indus, Rana and any other Atari compatible drives. I am assuming it would be a software solution that runs read-write tests and so forth. Any suggestions or methods welcomed!!! Most useful to less useful: Service Manuals (available for all Atari drives, Rana, and maybe Indus) Diagnostic Disks (available for Indus from BEST, 1050 from B&C) A good commercial non-copy protected disk for checking track alignment and speed. Or a "master" disk still available from B&C, I believe. Spare parts for swapping Soldering/desoldering equipment (& practice/experience desoldering) ... Analog alignment disk & Oscilloscope Luck! still helps sometimes -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urchlay Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Well, a sector copier would be a quick & dirty way to test a drive, or a couple of drives... also SmartDOS and IIRC SpartaDOS 3.2 both have drive RPM test utilities, definitely worth using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Well, a sector copier would be a quick & dirty way to test a drive, or a couple of drives... also SmartDOS and IIRC SpartaDOS 3.2 both have drive RPM test utilities, definitely worth using. Good point. And I should probably add a disk speed checking utility. Smart Dos has a good one included. -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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