Which track was least reliable?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Aug 26 07:15:53 1998

<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 ther
< that I have experienced the greatest number of failures.

Oh so true.

As mentioned any "open" drive like floppies and older carts the end points
of the travel is more suspect than the bulk of the length.

Allison
Received on Wed Aug 26 1998 - 07:15:53 BST

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