Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!ctk From: ctk@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Japanese drives vs. Infoworld Message-ID: <2302@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 14-Apr-84 09:48:04 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2302 Posted: Sat Apr 14 09:48:04 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Apr-84 01:53:01 EST Lines: 12 In the latest Info-world Dvorak's column says that new Japanese floppy drives have the following problem "... the collet [the thingamajig that grabs the disk hub ] has a tendency to chip off little pieces of oxide ... (which) ... finds its way to the head and welds itself on ... and gobbles up media." What? Is this true? Are my half-height Teacs eating my media? C.T. Kelley Dept. of Math. N.C. State U. Raleigh, N.C. 27650 decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!ctk