10-09-2018, 08:18 AM
Interesting. For some reason the latest versions (at least 1.95 and 1.94) show completely random (not at all in the same place each time) track failures testing 5.25" disks that test fine with the earlier versions, and oddly switching density seems to make no difference at all.
I normally test 5.25" double density disks in a 1.2mb drive using low density mode and 80 tracks (AKA quad density and decent double density disks should pass that test).
At least versions 1.91 and earlier seem to still work properly, and disks that previously tested good still test good.
I did notice that 1.95/1.94 does not seem to give random errors when using a 360k floppy drive or a 1.44mb floppy drive. Only with my 1.2mb drives. And yes, I did try another 1.2mb drive and double checked the functionality of the current 1.2mb drive just to be sure.
Anyway for the moment I will just use 1.91 to get things done. If there was a 1.92 or 1.93 I didn't have those handy to test with.
This is why I don't like "upgrading" software.
I normally test 5.25" double density disks in a 1.2mb drive using low density mode and 80 tracks (AKA quad density and decent double density disks should pass that test).
At least versions 1.91 and earlier seem to still work properly, and disks that previously tested good still test good.
I did notice that 1.95/1.94 does not seem to give random errors when using a 360k floppy drive or a 1.44mb floppy drive. Only with my 1.2mb drives. And yes, I did try another 1.2mb drive and double checked the functionality of the current 1.2mb drive just to be sure.
Anyway for the moment I will just use 1.91 to get things done. If there was a 1.92 or 1.93 I didn't have those handy to test with.
This is why I don't like "upgrading" software.