Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!iuvax!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!newton.physics.purdue.edu!maxwell.physics.purdue.edu!sho From: sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: it's the little things that annoy me Message-ID: <3450@newton.physics.purdue.edu> Date: 11 Apr 90 03:36:48 GMT References: <52048@coherent.coherent.com> Sender: news@newton.physics.purdue.edu Reply-To: sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Sho Kuwamoto) Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN Lines: 26 In article <52048@coherent.coherent.com> dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) writes: >In article wilmott@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ray Wilmott) writes: >> 1) Why does the Macs handling of floppies seem to be *so* much >> fussier than other computers? [disks go bad a lot] >1) Improper formatting of floppies. [sez culprit is using SS as DS > floppies] I completely disagree. I've had plenty of problems with bad disks, and I use DS disks. I imagine there are several factors. First, whenever I open my mac, I notice that there is dust *everywhere*. I had to get my drive replaced once, and it was filthy. There was dust all over the internals. I could hardly have expected it to work. Second, mac disks may be more prone to failure because they use a variable speed motor. The number of sectors is greater near the outer rim than near the inner rim. This might make the drive more prone to failure. It may also make it more sensitive to speed variations. between different drives, or between the same drive after a long period. -Sho -- sho@physics.purdue.edu <<-- just a hypothesis.