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

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Dec 5 15:31:16 2000

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Bill Layer wrote:

> 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"
>
> BRRRRRRRAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!! (let the record reflect that the email
> author made a Sten machinegun noise).
                ^^^^\
                      - Boy, there is a name from the past! Don't think
I have hear/read it since the Uzi came on the scene.

                                                 - don
 
> I remember making a timing light for Commodore 1541 drives out of a neon lamp
> and a 1N4007 diode, which one would play on the timing marks on the drive
> spindle. Then there was a pot you could adjust to change the rate of the
> spindle motor.
>
> --
> Bill Layer
> Sales Technician
> <b.layer_at_vikingelectronics.com>
>
Received on Tue Dec 05 2000 - 15:31:16 GMT