2 May
1999
2 May
'99
5:22 a.m.
On Sun, 2 May 1999, Charles E. Fox wrote:
Yesterday one of our local industries was selling off
some equipment to
benefit Jr Acheivment, so I went down, found a 5 1/4" disk file with a
bunch of disks, and was told I could have it for $ 2.00. The lady on the
desk, however was determined no data could leave. I came home, returned
with a bulk tape eraser and demagnitized them on the spot.
However when I tried to format them with my trusty XT it spit them out as
"can't read track 0" on both A and B drives. I formatted the disks
successfully on a Compaq clone and a Commodore PC10, and now the XT will
read them. Any ideas?
For $2 you should've slapped the lady at the desk.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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