31 Oct
2001
31 Oct
'01
8:16 a.m.
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
The disk II has no track 0 sensor either, hence the
clatter against
the end stop when the machine is turned on. This, in my experience,
doesn't help keep the heads in alignment....
I don't think I've ever had any Apple disk drive of mine go out of
alignment.
The Apple ][ disk system has always struck me as being
a cheap kludge.
Exactly. It was cheap, it was fast (if the DOS was designed properly), it
worked, and it worked well. Very well.
We've had this flame before, but my views have not
changed. Sure, it
was minimal hardware. Sure it got more data on a disk than an FM
controller (but less IIRC than an MFM one). But I like to be able to
read that data back again, and I had nothing but trouble with the
Apple ][.
You and Richard should start a support group for each other.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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