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Re: 5.25 Speed Problems
- Subject: Re: 5.25 Speed Problems
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 25 Jun 2001 06:43:52 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Stephen Shaw wrote:
>The Unidisk does read and write at varying speeds - this was one reason
>why it was dropped because of problems trying to repair them!
>
>On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 01:50:08 -0500, Rubywand wrote:
>
>> william strutts writes ...
>>>
>>> Why would a 5.25" Apple Unidisk drive not be able to
>>> maintain a constant speed? Is the controller bad or
>>> one of the drive motors?
<snip>
Stephen, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
The 5.25" Unidisk, like all Apple II 5.25" drives, is intended
to operate at a constant rotational speed. Are you saying
that the mechanism used in the Unidisk model was especially
prone to speed regulation errors, or what?
-michael
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