27 Jan
2014
27 Jan
'14
8:16 p.m.
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014, Chuck Guzis wrote:
You have more confidence in my abilities than I do :-)
More seriously, I think everyone agrees that it is possible to make a
device that writes alignemt disks. It must be, becase said disks are
wirtten at the factory in thefirst place. I think it';s also likely that
such a deivc ecould be made by modifying a floppy drvie. What those
modifications consist of is not absolutely clear at the momen. But I
amlso agree with you that an unmodified drive cannot prodcue an alignment
disk.
-tony
Well, I don't claim to be able to duplicate a
digital alignment disk,
but I think one could be fabricated with a slightly modified "ordinary"
drive in good condition.
I fully believe that YOU or TONY COULD create a usable digital alignment
diskette. I have NO doubts about that. The obvious problems don't seem
that much past what even I could kludge.