Which track was least reliable?

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Wed Aug 26 00:25:37 1998

Don Maslin wrote:

> On the other hand, one of the outer tracks - the one that contains the
> directory - is accessed much more frequently than any other. It is there

In most of its 5.25" and 8" incarnations, TRSDOS (we're talking half a
dozen operating systems here despite the common name) put the directory
track near the center for speed of access. The track generally
accessed by _marginal_ (and failing) equipment is is Track Zero, the
boot track.

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