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

From: Bill Dawson <whdawson_at_mlynk.com>
Date: Tue Dec 5 20:26:44 2000

-> > -> Yes-- The KALOK Octagon-20. The absolute worst
-> > -> MFM drive (and perhaps the worst rotating memory of
-> > -> *any* sort) ever manufactured.
-> >
-> > I think they are great storage devices. I use the cover
-> from one on
-> > my workbench to hold all the fasteners, etc. from whatever
-> I happen to
-> > be currently working on. I guess you could call this one
-> a HEX-A-GONE
-> > now.
->
-> Don't you mean OCT-A-GONE? :^)

No I meant HEX-A-GONE. But I guess it would depend on the computer it
was in last. I haven't had an occasion where I needed to use octal on a
PeeCee, just hex. d8^)

Bill
Received on Tue Dec 05 2000 - 20:26:44 GMT