Re: CBM D9090 Update

On 12/6/09, B Degnan <billdeg@degnanco.com> wrote:
> I have spent time on my 2nd D9090, here are some pictures.  The Tandon
> 603S is bad, so says the header program.

It's probably right - early drives were seriously fragile - head
crashes, no automatic parking, stiction, etc.

Something about a comment I noticed on your blog post - since TM603S
drives _are_ tough to find (I don't think they were common at all, not
even in PCs), if you want to go with a 6-head drive, track down an
Seagate ST251 - those were common on early genuine IBM PC-ATs (5170s);
perhaps not as common as ST225s, but still easily found back in
1985-1986.

Since CBM DOS 3.0 doesn't support partitions or subdirectories,
though, it's unlikely that the extra 2.5MB of storage is really that
critical - I've never been able to find more than a few MB of stuff to
put on mine, anyway.

-ethan

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