Warning: Teac FD-55BV-16-U

From: D. Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue Aug 11 01:45:37 1998

> I thought I'd put out a warning about the Teac FD-55BV-16-U 5.25" floppy
> drives. They seem to be totally unsuited for anything other than reading
> MS-DOS floppies.

Do you have a theory to explain why this is true?

I'm just curious -- I always like to know more about how hardware works (or in
this case doesn't work). Could the drive have some sort of "intelligence" that
is trapping you? I put "intelligence" in quotes because these things never are
actually intelligent.

-- Derek
Received on Tue Aug 11 1998 - 01:45:37 BST