Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!sdcrdcf!burdvax!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!cbmvax!fred From: fred@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Bowen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 drive Message-ID: <2099@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 12:10:59 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2099 Posted: Mon Jul 13 12:10:59 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jul-87 04:07:29 EDT References: <6266@eddie.MIT.EDU> Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 18 Keywords: 1581 Summary: tell me too! In article <6266@eddie.MIT.EDU>, whizzo@eddie.MIT.EDU (David Hardy) writes: > I have a Commodore 1581 disk drive and a Commodore 64 computer. After I got > the drive I was told that it uses MFM rather than GCR, and that MFM has a bug > in it which can cause errors in reading data. > > Can someone enlighten me as to what this means, what the bug is, if any, how > it manifests itself, and how to avoid it, etc... > David Hardy (whizzo@EDDIE.MIT.EDU) Yeah, I could use enlightening too. So far, the 1581 seems pretty clean. My mailbox is always open to bug reports, and I will certainly summarize such demonstrable things to the net. I am currently looking into two such reports (one via email- thank you) and one by telephone. Please, if you are experiencing a problem, let me know! I have nothing to lose by helping you out... -- --