On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 at 21:47:59, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
(ref: <002a01c1adc6$2f14b2a0$5c075cc3@default>)
>>> Do they have any disks too - the drives are no good while the disks
>>> are in short supply.
>>
>>They do work with DD and SD disks too...
>>
>>Dave
>
>As long as you don't try to read the DD and HD disks on DD or HD
>drives afterwards (almost always give bad or changed medium errors).
>Someone did explain to me why this happens some time ago, but can't
>remember (different track width, or stronger/weaker recording signal?)
>
>ED drives are fine with DD and HD disks as long as you don't intend to
>use them on other types of disk drive, as some software traders found
>out to their cost when they had to replace large numbers of programs
>sold on DD disks which had been copied using ED drives.
.... and don't expect ED disks to read on ED drives (8-)#
I have got reasonable (but not complete) reliability when powered off my
tower case. However when used with the supplied power supply it was
totally unreliable. The P/S were not providing enough power I suspect.
Of the dozens of copies I made from my BBS in pre-backup hard drive
days, only a few now read.
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