Interesting how peoples experiences differ. (1) I never had any problems with the drives on my Osborne under moderate to heavy use, but I did have a DD upgrade done. I purchased it in Feb of 1981 and it had a fairly low serial number. (2) I found Elephant disks to be the _worst_ brand I used. I ended up tossing them all out (a box or two). I had much better luck with Maxell and Dysan. -----Original Message----- From: Louis Schulman [mailto:louiss@gate.net] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:34 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Osborne floppy drives (was Apple Floppy Drives) I am happy to hear that. That Osborne was evidently "very low mileage". And, while I don't remember exactly, I may have aligned the drives on that machine, or swapped drives with another to get a pair of dirves that worked together. For some reason, drives that won't work correctly in one Osborne sometimes will in a different machine, even though this would appear to not make sense. Louis On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 01:21:09 -0500, Glen Goodwin wrote: #> From: Louis Schulman <louiss(a)gate.net> # #> What about the single board CP/M machines? I have them too. The disk #drives on the Osborne were, #> based on extensive experience, the least reliable ever made. If one #drive could read what another had #> written, it was a gift from God. And with the double density upgrade, it #was much worse. # #Really?? The Osborne 1 I got from you works perfectly. I've used it to #copy boatloads of disks, and have also used my Kaypro 10 and my Wintel PC #to make disks for it, without fail. # #Glen #0/0 #