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In article <52048@coherent.coherent.com> dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) writes:
>In article <Apr.1.20.23.56.1990.19753@topaz.rutgers.edu> wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) writes:

>> 1) Why does the Macs handling of floppies seem to be *so* much
>> fussier than other computers? [disks go bad a lot]

>1) Improper formatting of floppies.  [sez culprit is using SS as DS 
>   floppies]

I completely disagree.  I've had plenty of problems with bad disks,
and I use DS disks.  I imagine there are several factors.  

First, whenever I open my mac, I notice that there is dust
*everywhere*.  I had to get my drive replaced once, and it was filthy.
There was dust all over the internals.  I could hardly have expected 
it to work.

Second, mac disks may be more prone to failure because they use a
variable speed motor.  The number of sectors is greater near the outer
rim than near the inner rim.  This might make the drive more prone
to failure. It may also make it more sensitive to speed variations.
between different drives, or between the same drive after a long period.

-Sho
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sho@physics.purdue.edu  <<-- just a hypothesis.