2 Sep
2022
2 Sep
'22
2:23 a.m.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 5:45 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
How do they handle the issue of how the drive knows whether it is SS, DS,
or SS flippy? Or is it assumed that that problem is for the host FDC?
(some DS drives had both SS and DS index sensors, so that they could read
SS in the DS drive, and such a drive is going to see TWO index pulses with
this disk!)
The typical response from the manufacturer is to first blame the user, and
if that's ruled out, blame the hardware (or vice versa). If both issues
are ruled out, they theny hang up the phone or disconnect the chat, and let
the user call back only to receive another tech who will repeat the
process.
When I was publishing my Honda book, I had some battles with the
publisher's editor about whether Honda had
"disc brakes" or "disk brakes".
(also battles about Oxford comma (they claimed that that was archaic!),
and whether to say, "till", "til", "'til", or
"until". (the comma after
"'til" is the "Oxford comma"))
The "Oxford comma" is basically optional in modern writing, but in some
specific cases it makes sense to use it for clarity. However, in law
(specifically contracts) it's imperative. I can't remember the specific
case, but within the last couple of years I remember reading about one
where the lack of the comma meant the court agreed with the workers over
the company and ruled they were entitled to overtime pay.
Sellam