19 Nov
2007
19 Nov
'07
10:54 a.m.
Chuck wrote:
Micropolis floppy drives were very well-made. I wish
that modern
drives could be as well-built. All of mine are still operational.
I think that like CDC/Imprimis, Seagate, Shugart, etc., Micropolis
built drives to different price points for different markets.
The ones built for the mini and mainframe market in the late
80's/very early 90's are true tanks and stand up very solidly
here 15 or 20 years later.
But by the mid-late-90's when capacity was the craze I think that
some industrial-duty Micropolis drives were a little too bleeding
edge.
The MFM ones built for PC-clones, however, seem to simply be "above
average", which is pretty good but not stellar.
Tim.