8" drive on PC troubleshooting

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

>  There is a table that one stores the step rate
> for the drive. You need to alter the value for
> slower drives, like your 8 inch. I forget where
> is it but it is in that lower area someplace
> ( 40:xxx or something ). It isn't a problem
> of the controller. It should work with any controller,
> you just need to find the table and change it.
> It has been a while since I've fiddle with it
> to make my drives step with less noise ( and wear ).

OIC.

Are there any drives that don't require such a modification of the stepper
table?  I'm not sure what drives I'm using.  They're mounted in an
enclosure and I'm too lazy to dismount them to check.

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