15 Feb
1998
15 Feb
'98
11:02 a.m.
At 10:09 PM 2/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
I've never HEARD of a disk exerciser.
What on earth is one for? Pushups? Situps?
Briefly: a 'disk exerciser' is a stand-alone unit used in the
testing/alignment of disk drives (either floppy or fixed/hard, depending on
the unit).
It allows you to test (exercise) basic functionalities of the drives
(read/write/seek to track, etc.) without the use of a somputer and software.
Particularly useful when trying to align drives, as many of the more
'intelligent' exerciser units have the 'standard' alignment track numbers
pre-programmed.
-jim
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