20 Jun
2007
20 Jun
'07
5:32 a.m.
At 11:50 PM 6/19/2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Many diskette manufacturers put QA info on cylinder 80,
side 0,
including manufacturing date, which can be very handy sometimes.
[...]
And the manufacturer doesn't QA the media that far anyway.
I know you're the guy who should know, but I didn't think that
diskette manufacturers did anything software-wise to the media
in most historical cases. Pre-formatted media would be another
matter, of course, and you'd think they'd QA that step to
reject media that wouldn't format.
- John