c64 disks

Miscellaneous
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hi everybody.

i found some old ibm formatted 5.25" floppy disks in my friend’s basement.  they look to be in pretty good condition.  my question is this: is it possible to reformat these to work with my c64s?  i’ve been trying, but i keep on getting a “no sync character” error from my 1541 drive.  i know this could be a possible indication of a hardware malfunction, but i tried it on two drives with the same result.  don’t have any actual c64 software to fully test the drives, but they seem to be working alright (recognized by c64 dos, disk spins, lights work, etc.)

if it is in fact a hardware problem, any suggestions on how to fix it?

thanks

james

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I´m not quite sure (long long ago ;)) but I think you can´t use 1.2MB IBM disks. 360k (DD) disks work fine, I have about 50 of them. If you want to use both sides you have to cut a second “write enable” hole into the other rim. Years ago some apparatus to do this was sold, now just use a nail scissor.

Seppoman

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i have often this problem with my emu sp12.

a little bit of fine oil on the latte an the unit work ago.

sorry 4 my bad english