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Good afternoon, Anne...

On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:45 am, Anne Wilson wrote:

[snipping for cogency]

> That's an interesting article.  I think the definition given to me was
> 'loose' to say the least.  There was a kit sold that had a special 5 1/4"
> disk and a special 3 1/2" disk which was used to measure 'hysteresis'. 
> Basically, if it said you were out of alignment it was as well to ditch the
> fdd asap.

Your statements about hysteresis are *still* quite timely today. I don't
remember where, but there was a disk warehouse in Los Angeles selling those
floppy disk test kits even as recently as six months ago. Floppy disk drives
are *so* notorious for developing various imperfections in how they track.
That much hasn't seemed to change all that much over the last decade. <sigh>
Perhaps someday they will develop a reliable floppy of some sort, but don't
hold your breath. Hysteresis will always be a factor to contend with. 

Dave
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