23 Jun
1998
23 Jun
'98
9:57 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Allison J Parent wrote:
> <Shure, but where ? Just on a disk ? I already have the problem
> <that I can't read some fd's of the early 80s. Even APPLE II disks,
> <althrough I always said that a DISK ][ drive could read and write
> <anything including Bierdeckl (beer mats/coasters).
> Disks on good equipment are as reliable as
Magtape.
Better, I think, as with disks you need not be
concerned with layer to
layer adhesion or layer to layer transfer.
Maybe I shoud take some damaged 5,25" disks to the VCF
to show the effects of fd aging. It's a real mess when
the magnetic surface is tearing down. I have dozends
of deffect _mecanical_ disks and already ruined five
drives - and it took me about 6 hours (and one damaged
head) to clean one and get it back working.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK