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

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_look.ca>
Date: Wed Dec 6 14:24:02 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.
>
 How does one identify the version of 1571 ? Could you expand on
what you mean by appropriate software ? Are there other platforms
it can be used on ?

ciao larry

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