7 Nov
2001
7 Nov
'01
7:19 a.m.
From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela(a)ssl.berkeley.edu>
I don't recall having as many problems with drives
on other systems with
the
exception of a Kaypro that would wipe most any disk
over the course of a
couple hours. I only had access to the one Kaypro, so I don't know if the
problem was widespread.
Common problem on kaypros with 5.25drives with media in place on power
down. Then again most machines did that. Some drives seemed less
prone to do that in the same machine and those that lifted the heads
were somewhat better too.
Drive induced media failures, random writes on power up/down were/are
common,
SA400s would bite the hub (remember the rings?) and early two sided drives
would clap the media between pinching heads that would sometimes twist
and scar the disk.
Allison