World's Crappiest Drives (was Re: A&J Microdrive)

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Tue Dec 5 15:10:08 2000

> Hey I remember this...
>
> > Any disk drive without a track 0 sensor (Apple ][, Commodore, etc). The
> > heads bang themselves out of alignment with time.
>
> OPEN 15,8,15,"I0:NEWDISK,ND"

True for 1541s, but not 1571s. 1571s do have a track 0 sensor. And a v3.1
1571 is the best 5.25" drive out there, I submit -- with appropriate software,
a 1571 can read most MFM formats, plus Commodore GCR, and runs very fast
when connected to a 128 in 128 mode.

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