> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Allison J Parent wrote:
>> <Shure, but where ? Just on a disk ? I already have the problem
>> <that I can't read some fd's of the early 80s. Even APPLE II disks,
>> <althrough I always said that a DISK ][ drive could read and write
>> <anything including Bierdeckl (beer mats/coasters).
>> Disks on good equipment are as reliable as Magtape.
> Better, I think, as with disks you need not be concerned with layer to
> layer adhesion or layer to layer transfer.
Maybe I shoud take some damaged 5,25" disks to the VCF
to show the effects of fd aging. It's a real mess when
the magnetic surface is tearing down. I have dozends
of deffect _mecanical_ disks and already ruined five
drives - and it took me about 6 hours (and one damaged
head) to clean one and get it back working.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Wed Jun 24 1998 - 04:57:16 BST