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- From: manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster)
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- Subject: Re: DEATH to floppies!!!!!!
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 02:53:02 GMT
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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
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- 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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