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echo: cbm
to: FRANK
from: B00ZE
date: 2016-06-25 19:30:00
subject: Re: 1541 drive alignment/

On 2016-06-25 03:49, frank  wrote:

> I downloaded the fine commodore 1541 troubleshooting and repair guide and
> it has procedures based on the "Dysan Analog Alignmnet diskette 224/2A".
> Now I guess this one is next to impossible to get nowadays, right?

Vorpal, if I recall, also came with an alignment disk - I used to have
one. The problem is that you can't copy this disk, because then the disk
acquires the alignment of the drive that wrote it (but if you copy it on
a perfect drive then you're good).

This guy had some for sale last year:
http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55340

Regards,

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