Re: Why did Apple switch to the 5.25 drives?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <mattb-1804951820450001@matt.gi.alaska.edu>,
Matt B <mattb@dino.gi.alaska.edu> wrote:
>The Question should go back a step further, Why did Apple Make the Duo
>Drive.  The card and cable were flakey at best and the drives were always
>screwed up.  The Apple 5.25" drive at least was a separated drive so if
>one went bad you could still use the other.  Eject problems were worst
>with Labels and Label on Labels.  The thicker the disk, the harder it was.

   Flakey, screwed up? I beg to disagree. My family's //e was bought
with one back in 1985, and we've never had a single fault with the
DuoDisk.  The drives were never cleaned, adjusted, or opened in any way.
Disks always ejected just fine, too.

   This wasn't just my family; the school had very similar experiences
with maybe 30 //e's and DuoDisks. Maybe you just bought a bad one.

Nathan Mates
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