Drive alignment tool, diskettes

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Mar 28 20:08:10 1999

If you have to align an 8"drive, the alignment diskette is pretty essential,
i.e. you can't really do well without it. The 5.25" diskettes are about as
easy to manage with software and one of the "digital alignment diskettes" if
you can get them.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 6:46 PM
Subject: followup: Rinky dink hamfest


> Today I went to see a couple of the people that I meet at yesterday's
>hamfest. One of them used to service XEROX computers. He told me that he
>threw out three rooms full of old XEROX computers less than a year ago. :-(
> He gave me part of the stuff that he had left, I have to take a Truck
>(note capital) back to get the rest (estimated at two cubic yards but no
>complete machines). So far I've found lots of docs and 8" flopppy disks
>for the 820 and 16/8. The 16/8 looks pretty interesting, it ran CPM,
>CPM-86 and MS-DOS. Does anyone have one of these? What's your opinion of
>them?
>
> He has a floppy disk drive control box to manual operate 3.5", 5.25" and
>8" drives during alignment. Anyone have an idea of what one of these is
>worth with the alignment disks and manuals?
>
> Alos found a Lisa mouse to go with the Lisa that I got yesterday.
>
> Joe
>
Received on Sun Mar 28 1999 - 20:08:10 BST