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               SetSeek

               User Documentation
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               Software and Documentation
               by John Eidsvoog
               Copyright 1992 CodeHead Technologies
               Revision: Wednesday, March 25, 1992

               SetSeek is freeware and is included
               with the TEC Utilities disk from
               CodeHead Technologies

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  What it is
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SetSeek allows you to set the seek rate of your floppy drives.  It works
on all current versions of TOS and should work on new versions also
(although this cannot be guaranteed).  You can configure SetSeek for rates
of 2, 3, 6, and 12 milliseconds for drive A and B.  Once configured, it
can be placed in your AUTO folder to set the rate every time you boot up. 

With the advent of TOS 2.06, you can install high-density (HD) floppy
drives in your Atari.  This new TOS sets the floppy seek rate to 6
milliseconds (ms) to allow for the doubled clock rate when reading HD
disks.  Normally, the seek rate is set to 3 ms and the change in rate to 6
ms causes some drives to make rather irritating sounds.  If you do not
have a high-density drive, there's no need to leave the seek rate at 6 ms,
but as of this date, the only way you can change it back to 3 ms is by
using SetSeek. 



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  Using SetSeek
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You can run SetSeek like any other Atari program, by double-clicking on
its name.  A dialog box will appear with buttons for setting the rate of
drive A and B.  (If you only have one floppy drive, the buttons for drive
B will be disabled.)  You can set the rate to 2, 3, 6, or 12 milliseconds.

To the right of each row of rate buttons is a button marked "Test". 
Clicking on "Test" will cause the mechanism of the appropriate drive to
seek back and forth the entire length of a disk (you may need to make sure
there's a disk in the drive).  This allows you to hear how your drive
reacts to the various rate settings.  To determine the reliability of your
drive at different speeds will require trial and error.  Generally, you
can use 3, 6, and 12 ms with no problems.  (In case it's not obvious, the
lower seek rates are faster.)  Many drives will also work fine at 2
milliseconds also but there is no guarantee of this.  If you decide to set
your seek rate to 2 ms, make sure that your drives can reliably handle
this speed before trusting valuable data to be written.

The "Save" button will save the settings directly into the SETSEEK.PRG
file.  Make sure you do not rename SETSEEK.PRG or compress it (pack,
squish, stomp, obliterate, etc.) or you will be unable to save the settings.

The "Set" button will set the seek rates stored in memory to the rates
shown on the screen.  This will not permanently change them.  A "Set"
operation is performed whenever you click on either "Test" button.

The "Get" button will read the current seek rate values stored in memory
and select the appropriate buttons.  When you run SetSeek, it will appear
on the screen, showing the settings that are saved within SetSeek.  If you
want to examine the seek rate settings that are currently in effect in
your computer, you can do so by clicking on "Get" (before clicking on
"Set" or "Test"). 

The "Exit" button will exit you from SetSeek.  Since it is the default
button, you can also exit from SetSeek by hitting Return or Enter.



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  Installing SetSeek
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Once you've configured SetSeek, if you want to change your seek rates
every time you boot up, you should copy SETSEEK.PRG into your AUTO folder. 
When you boot up, the installation message will appear, showing you the
seek rates that are being set for each drive. 




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