The Rana1000 disk drive made for Apple and Atari 8bits also had no track
zero sensor. It used a simple timeing scheme to ensure the head HAS to be
at track zero by now..... The knocked themselves out of alignment
constantly.
I think Commodore 8-bit drives like the 1541 also had no zero sensor
right?
The Atari 8-bit drives all had them that I can recall, Percom, Indus,
Trak, etc.
Regards,
Jeff
In <Pine.LNX.4.10.10110311415030.32142-100000_at_siconic.com>, on 10/31/01
at 02:16 PM, Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> said:
>> 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....
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