Tandon TM100-1 Operating And Service Manual page 48

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NOTE
The alignment diskette and drive
must be allowed to stabilize at
room temperature for one hour
before checks and adjustments
are performed.
RADIAL TRACK ALIGNMENT CHECK
1 . Set up the oscilloscope:
Channel A: Test Point 1
Channel B: Test Point 2
Ground: Test Point 10
Read Differentially: A plus B, B inverted
Time Base : 20 milliseconds per division
External Trigger: Test Point 7 , positive
FIGURE 5-5
HUB CENTER LINE AND TRACK LOCATION
edge
Adjust amplitude for at least four divi­
sions on the oscilloscope, A. C. coupled.
2 . Apply power to the drive.
The Track 16 radius is 1.9167
inches from the center of the hub.
Other track locations are comput­
ed based upon 48 TPI.
3 . Select the drive.
4. Insert a certified alignment diskette,
Dysan Number 224/2A, into the drive.
5 . Select Head 0 , the lower head.
6 . Read Track 16 for Radial Track align­
ment of the lower head.
7 . Adjust the oscilloscope to observe a Cats
Eye pattern (Figure 5-6).
8 . Verify the smaller of the two Cats Eye
patterns is not less than 75 percent in
amplitude of the other one.
5-6
NOTE

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