A2600 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I have a RANA1000 DD but bieng an awsome drive it does not read all my software while the 1050 DD the software was tested in worked flawlessly why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Sounds like one of the drives is out of alignment. Did you try it the other way? Make a disk on the Rana and try to read it on the 1050? If that works fine, I'd say that it's the 1050 that has the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 It's also possible that the drive head needs to be cleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I dont knowing RANA 1000 DD, but it is one thing more: Atari 1050 DD oryginally supported only single and medium density, maybe Rana dont read medium or write only medium/double density of disk? Maybe problem is in it, but, haw I write, I dont know Rana specification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenski Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 The Rana 1000 supports single, double and 'enhanced' density - the 1050 format. When the drive was first launched there were some problems with a couple of obscure titles. Rana swapped out initial units and after that there were no problems, I doubt this would be the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 The Rana 1000 supports single, double and 'enhanced' density - the 1050 format. When the drive was first launched there were some problems with a couple of obscure titles. Rana swapped out initial units and after that there were no problems, I doubt this would be the problem. Hmm...this might actually be the problem; I gave Bryan my "latch-open" Rana drive, and this was indeed the earlier model. I still think that the drive head needs to be cleaned, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted May 29, 2003 Author Share Posted May 29, 2003 The Rana 1000 supports single, double and 'enhanced' density - the 1050 format. When the drive was first launched there were some problems with a couple of obscure titles. Rana swapped out initial units and after that there were no problems, I doubt this would be the problem. Hmm...this might actually be the problem; I gave Bryan my "latch-open" Rana drive, and this was indeed the earlier model. I still think that the drive head needs to be cleaned, though. HOW DO YOU CLEAN IT?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Dunno about the Rana, but with a 1050 I just open the case, lift the upper pad out of the way, and swab with a alcohol cotton ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 . Dunno about the Rana, but with a 1050 I just open the case, lift the upper pad out of the way, and swab with a alcohol cotton ball. That's about all you can do unless you come across and old floppy drive cleaning kit; comes with a special disk that you drop a "fluid" (alcohol) onto and put in the drive, just let it boot up for 30 seconds (put up with the boot errors) and you're done. I have one of these, and I just came across another unopened one. Some Atari/Commodore classic dealers probably still have some for sale too. But, as I told you before, even though those disks tested good for me on the 130XE and 1050, does not mean they weren't capable of losing the information on them. Just let me know which ones didn't work, and I'll make new copies for you on other disks. I've had several disks I've made quit loading after a couple of times. Even unused disks may not be good after sitting on a shelf for 10 or 20 years. On the other hand, I have well-used disks that are 20 years old and still work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeljb Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Ok I'm pulling this out of a deeeeep daaaarrrrrk memory. If memory serves the rana drive ran a little faster (RPM). The games that used RPM to find the right sector "11" on the next track would get the wrong sector and the game would not load. Could this be the problem Noel B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted September 21, 2003 Author Share Posted September 21, 2003 I can probably give it a try, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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