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Article #20429Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!!
From: Chaim Manaster
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:53
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:53
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>I've seen a couple of cases like this where the problem was a bad controller
>card. You might see if you can find someone who will let you swap drives
>and controllers as an experiment before you blame one or the other.
>
>Dave Beeman
If the problem only ocurrs only in the 3 1/2" but not the 5 1/4", I
would imagine that it is safe to assume that it is not the
controller. Is that right? That leaves, 1) uncleaned drive, 2) bad
drive, or 3) bad floppies. Propoer diagnosis?
Henry Manaster
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