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From: rem@remsit.UUCP (Roger Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple Drive bashing (Was: noKLICKstart in comp.sys.amiga)
Message-ID: <341@remsit.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Sep-87 07:04:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  8 07:04:20 1987
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In article <3905@well.UUCP>, ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
> 	Apple pulled this stunt years ago.  "Lets save a few cents on the
> drive," they said.  "Let's leave out the track 0 detect switch," they said.
> "We'll just ram the head against the physical stop 39 times," they said.
> "It can't possibly do any harm; just give the user indigestion."

Being an Apple owner [Yes, I still have my ][+...], I've always wondered
about that.  Why 39 times (or whatever it may be)?  Was there a scientific
method used, or did the number just look good to somebody?

-- 
Roger Murray

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