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Subject: Re: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 21:24:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 21:24:35 1985
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      There are two serious problems with the PC/AT.

	1.  The 20MB hard disk tends to crash.  One user with about a dozen
	    systems reports that about 1 in 4 dies in the first 60 days.

	2.  The high-density floppy drive is not downward-compatible with the
	    old PC drive; disks written on the AT are usually unreadable on the
	    PC.  The problem seems to stem from the narrower tracks written 
	    with the high-density drive.

IBM has withdrawn the hard disk version from sale due to ``parts availability
problems'' (per Wall Street Journal).