20 Mar
1999
20 Mar
'99
9:06 p.m.
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Sysop Fox-1 wrote:
Last week I bought a pile of hard-sectored 5.25"
disks. Most are used,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
but are still in their original plastic box. Most
disks have a lable
saying: AES diskette, Single Sided, Single Density.
^^^
This paragraph leads me to two questions:
Is there any relation between the manufacturer of these AES disks and AES
Data Inc. of Montreal?
AND
Is there any easy way to tell if a disk drive expects hard-sectored disks?
These two questions come together with my AES 7100 and its woes. Maybe
the system is fine, but the drive head doesn't seek because the media type
is wrong.
--
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/