Re: Unidisk vs. Disk II

[buggie@auriga.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

I tune Disk II drives, $5 plus return shipping.  They work smoothly after 
adjustment.


I agree that the DUODISK was a dud.  That was my first drive; it garbled 
the disk directories.   I ended up swapping the double unit for a single 
WORKING Disk II drive.

But if scrapping the Duodisks, at least salvage the mechanical units.   
They cabn be installed with analog cards from the Platinum 5.25" drive.

The faults in the Duodisk were in its buggy analog card; mechanically, 
they were fine.

Steve Buggie			buggie@unm.edu
(disk drive guru of New Mexico)


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Bill Scheffler (schefflr@news.msus.edu) wrote:
: Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: : ierickson@ewu.edu wrote:

: : There seems to be a common problem with pairs of Disk ]['s, in that after
: : a while, Drive 1 will refuse to boot.  So, you swap the drives so that the
: : Drive Formerly Known As #2 will boot just fine, and the old Drive 1 will
: : still read and write just fine.  This is an odd situation, but it explains
: : why so many boot-drive Disk ]['s are marked "Drive 2".  In my parents'
: : case, the problem recurred.  I switched the disks back (so the
: : formerly-non-booting Drive 1 was once again Drive 1) and the system worked
: : just fine.  Disk ]['s are funny that way.

: 	Boy, I thought I was the only one with that problem.  Anyone want 
: to give a technical reasons why this is...aside from ware and tear?

: : My vote for the *WORST* 5.25" disk drive Apple ever sold goes to the
: : DuoDisk.  No contest.  That thing is a DOG.  And now I am stuck with two
: : of 'em for my ][e's.

: 	Me too, I've got two of them for free, but they don't work...well 
: I'm taking his word for it because I don't have a card or cable to test 
: them with.

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