> I had one myself for a while, and it worked incredibly slow (fast
> compared with tape, but really slow compared with other disk
> interfaces).
> When booting, it seemed to expect a disk in the drive (better to put
> that disk in after power-on, instead of powering on with the disk
> inside). It tried to read this disk, and if it wasn't there, made a
> scratching noise (disk head movement), and again, and again,
> and again, and again (didn't sound to healthy for the diskdrive
> either), and only 'gave up' after a really long wait, something like
> a half minute.
It sounds like a drive that's reading a sector with a CRC error.
> For starters: maybe you didn't wait long enough yet, try and see what
> happens if you give the thing all the time, and I expect you will
> wind up in MSX-BASIC after all, without a disk in it, if you have
> enough patience.
Indeed.
> support DS drives either. As before, consider it antique (amazing if
> it is still in original state and works 100%, it'll be something like
> 14-15 years old by now).
I do! As I said, I only had to replace one capacitor and 2 voltage
regulators... Further, it's 100% original and working!
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>You mean it always tries to read when no disk is inserted, or do you
>mean it only tries to when booting or when you gave it a command to
>do so (like "files")?
Only at boot and when trying to access the drive...
>good drive won't try to read when no disk is inserted. So I guess
>your drive has a defective disk sensor, so it always thinks a disk
>is inserted. Or maybe it uses a LED as a sensor, in that case make
Could that be it, too, maybe?
>sure not too much sunlight is getting into the drive. Does anyone
There isn't getting too much sunlight in the drive.
>know what causes this strange effect? (And how I can solve it... Is
>it a hardware failure?)
>The combination of drive and diskROM, is that meant to be compatible?
Yes, because it's the original set.
> If so, it is probably a hardware failure.
Or not... See above... ;-)
Grtjs, Manuel
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