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Article #44073Re: Software / Games ; Retail
From: Michael Klett
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 1990 12:58
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 1990 12:58
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In article <2442@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes... > >I buy very few games for use with my IBM pc... computers. However, >the users I support buy some. Over the last month or 2, I have had >a great influx of reported (& documented by me...) problems reading >original disks from unopened software boxes, coming from several >different local software vendors. have you tried cleaning the heads? have you tried doing a floppy head alignment? These things used to get done often - before the advent of the pc - and seems to be forgotten about now that floppy drives are such a commodity. These DO need to be done occasionally and DO make a significant difference in sector read performance. Michael Klett (508) 841-2790 klett@ghill.enet.dec.com #include <standard_disclaimer.h>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!sunic!uupsi!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!arkham.enet.dec.com!ghill!klett From: klett@ghill.enet.dec.com (Michael Klett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Software / Games ; Retail Message-ID: <167@arkham.enet.dec.com> Date: 14 Mar 90 12:58:48 GMT Sender: news@arkham.enet.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 21