On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
> The disk II has no track 0 sensor either, hence the clatter against
> the end stop when the machine is turned on. This, in my experience,
> doesn't help keep the heads in alignment....
I don't think I've ever had any Apple disk drive of mine go out of
alignment.
> The Apple ][ disk system has always struck me as being a cheap kludge.
Exactly. It was cheap, it was fast (if the DOS was designed properly), it
worked, and it worked well. Very well.
> We've had this flame before, but my views have not changed. Sure, it
> was minimal hardware. Sure it got more data on a disk than an FM
> controller (but less IIRC than an MFM one). But I like to be able to
> read that data back again, and I had nothing but trouble with the
> Apple ][.
You and Richard should start a support group for each other.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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