19 Dec
2002
19 Dec
'02
5:59 p.m.
> had two Apples when I closed my office), I
encountered berserk controllers
> wiping disks three times. Two were OEM, one was generic after-market.
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
I'm speaking of Apple controllers. I haven't
had much (if any) experience
with third-party disk controllers for the Apple.
"OEM" == "original equipment manufacturer" in other words REAL Apple.
The ones that I encountered (YMMV) were two made by Apple, and one
non-name imitation.
Most of the after-market were pretty direct copied, although I remember
seeing one that had some extra diagnostics and stuff. And, of course,
there was the Sorrento Valley Associated board that did MFM in Apple ][
One thing about Apple, they are expensive, but
they're built very well.
Most of their stuff was pretty good. But there were a few recurrent
problems, specifically including the corners they cut on the disk system,
and the crappy sockets that they used to use.