Re: Unidisk vs. Disk II

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

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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