Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl From: cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 1.2MB drive Summary: Luck? I think not. Message-ID: <5369@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 8 Jul 88 14:45:38 GMT References: <8362@bellcore.bellcore.com> <1171@micomvax.UUCP> Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 21 I don't think it is luck that makes my AT clones work. I have seen the incompatability nightmare on other's IBM PC/AT's, but when I bought 4 Wells-American A*Star clones with the TEAC drives, I started testing all combinations of read/write of 360K and 1.2M disks. I have had ZERO no-reads of disks either way with about 10-12 assorted PCs and PC compatables in and out of our company with an estimated 200-300 disks. These disks have been formatted on both a 360k PC and the AT clones with no discernable differences. I have even re-formatted 360Ks on the A*Star that were originally formatted on a PC then wrote files and sent the disk to a PC (presumably the ultimate sin) with no problems. Perhaps I have had a silver cloud over my head these last 2-1/2 years, but quite frankly I doubt it, with the sorry luck we have had with OTHER stuff (accessory cards and UPSs, etc). -- Charles Lord cjl@ecsvax.UUCP Usenet Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet #include#include