Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site isucs1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!isucs1!notes From: notes@isucs1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: s. density or d. density? Message-ID: <205@isucs1.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 00:00:42 EST Article-I.D.: isucs1.205 Posted: Sat Nov 3 00:00:42 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Nov-84 04:42:15 EST Sender: notes@isucs1.UUCP Organization: Iowa State University Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #N:isucs1:21400001:000:1145 Nf-From: isucs1!quent Nov 2 18:03:00 1984 It's been about a year since I have been involved in the Commodore scene. I've been wondering if Commodore ever printed a corrected version of the 1541 manual. The first two said that the drive used SINGLE density floppies even though it is a DOUBLE density system. I am certain that quite a few problems were caused by that misleading specification. Anyone using single density disks is bound to think their drive is out of alignment or is having some other problem. This problem seems to be a carry-over from the 4040's which had the same misleading information in their manuals. Commodore also never made it very clear that the 8050 required QUAD density floppies in order to operate reliably. Also, does anyone know what tricks those crafty devils are up to these days? Do they have any viable products planned, is their existence doomed or are they on the horizon of great success? Is K-mart still their kind of shopping place? What of their former president? Will there be a great battle of the mass market systems between Atari and Commodore in the isles of K-mart? "The more things change the more they stay the same"