Re: MFM drive gone nuts

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clockmeister" <clockmeister@internode.on.net>
To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: MFM drive gone nuts


> I know what you are talking about, but I just never found it to be much of 
> a problem, and like cases, cables came in different lengths and connector 
> spacings. Some had both 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drive connectors, and also 
> had floppy drive connector convertors - both ways.
>
> Probably because I built a lot of systems, I could match the best fitting 
> cable to the particular requirement.
>
> That is my experience, and likely that of most PC builders back in the day 
> who dealt with a lot of hardware.
>
--
Certainly my experience as well in 30-odd years. Of all the things IBM did 
that we can find fault with in retrospect (and there are many), IMO the 
'twist' is pretty low on the list; I still think it was actually a pretty 
clever hack.

m 


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