3.8 Floppy
Disk
Test
CAUTION: Before running the floppy disk test, prepare a formatted work disk since the
contents
of
the floppy disk in the
FDD
will be erased Remove the Diagnostics Disk
and
insert the work disk into the FDD.
To execute the Floppy Disk Test, select 5 from the DIAGNOSTIC TEST
menu,
press Enter
and follow the directions displayed on the screen. The Floppy Disk test contains
five
subtests
that test the
T1900tr1900C's internal floppy disk drive.
The following messages appear after selecting the Floppy Disk Test from the
DIAGNOSTIC
TEST
menu.
Answer each question with an appropriate response
to
execute the test.
1.
Select the test drive number
of
the floppy disk drive
to
be tested and press Enter.
Test
drive
number
select
(1:FDD#1,2:FDD#2,O:FDD1&2)
?
2.
Select the media type
of
the floppy disk in the test drive to be tested and press
Enter.
Media
in
drive
#X
mode
(O:2DD,1:2D,2:2D-2HD/2DD,3:2HD)
?
3.
Select the track you want the test to start on and press Enter.
Simply
pressing
Enter sets the start track to zero.
Test
start
track
(Enter:O/dd:OO-79)?
4.
The floppy disk test menu
will
appear after you select the start track number.
Select the number
of
the subtest you want to execute and press Enter. The follow-
ing
message
will
appear during the floppy disk test.
FLOPPY
DISK
xxxxxxx
T1900
DIAGNOSTIC
TEST
VX.XX
[Ctrl]
+
[Break]
;
test
end
[Ctrl]+[C]
;
key
stop
SUB-TEST
:
XX
PASS COUNT: XXXXX
ERROR
COUNT: XXXXX
WRITE
DATA:
XX READ DATA : XX
ADDRESS : XXXXXX STATUS : XXX
The first three digits in the ADDRESS number indicate which cylinder
is
being
tested. The fourth digit indicates the head, and the last two digits indicate the
sector being tested.
The first digit
in
the STATUS number indicates the drive being tested, and the last
two digits indicate the error status code as explained in Table 3-3
in
Section 3-14.
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