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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3411.1 | Concerning "Space Ace" | CRISTA::CAPRICCIO | Who Plugged Mortimer Mouse? | Wed Jan 31 1990 19:00 | 32 |
| 3411.2 | A1000 C.Ltd Timesaver | NAC::BRANNON | value added | Wed Jan 31 1990 20:50 | 7 |
| re .1:
your A1000 Timesaver comment really hit home. This is the first
software product I've heard of that objected to it being plugged in.
Sounds like you really enjoy Space Ace to put up with the hassle.
thanks for the warning,
dennis
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| 3411.3 | | NAC::BRANNON | value added | Wed Jan 31 1990 20:53 | 9 |
| I've had to clean cat hair out of my internal A1000 drive and an
external Flexi-Data drive (that had a dust cover door).
It helped with the internal drive, but not with the external one.
Which seems to no longer reliably format disks. Reading and writing
works ok.
dennis
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| 3411.4 | hands away from the drive | FRSOLD::ZIMMERMANN | Ralf, DTN *861-3236, @FRS | Thu Feb 01 1990 04:21 | 11 |
| I only have 10 month Amiga-experiences, but from my Apple II-live
(more than 7 years) i have to say that most of the floppy-trouble
begins AFTER THE F I R S T cleaning.
Exactly: I never cleaned my boot-drive, but after five years i opened
the second drive (plug-problems) and after the repair i thought now
when the cover is open i can clean this thing, and i had the first
read/write errors after that action. The result was that i had to clean
the drive on a regular base from this time on.....
RALF
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| 3411.5 | | NAC::BRANNON | value added | Thu Feb 01 1990 15:45 | 11 |
| re .4:
The real reason why I cleaned my internal drive was because Populous
was refusing to boot anymore. Turned out that Populous' copy
protection technique had walked the connector on the back of the drive
enough so that no copy protected disks would boot, but I could still
read/write ok. Reseating the connector fix that problem. While I
was hunting around in there that's when I saw and removed the cat
hairs, but there weren't enough to have caused a problem.
dennis
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| 3411.6 | | FILTON::FENTON_R | Theres no hair on a seagulls face | Mon Feb 05 1990 14:03 | 9 |
| I've always been led to believe that you DON'T, under ANY
circumstances, clean floppy drives, and that the only people who
will disagree are those who sell cleaning kits...
If you need to make backups I recommend the "Synchro Express" hardware
copier - haven't seen anything yet that it won't copy.
-Rog
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| 3411.7 | if it's causing problems, FIX IT | LEVERS::MEYER | Dave Meyer | Mon Feb 05 1990 21:18 | 14 |
| re:.6 Who would tell you never to clean floppy heads and why do
these people not like you ? You are aware that the heads on a floppy
drive ride on the disk surface itself, yes? You are aware that this
sort of contact can cause residue buildup on the head and that this
residue is quite abrasive and likely to damage any surface it is
applied to, yes? If occasional cleaning can limit the damage to
your disks - especially those which would be difficult or imposible
to replace - then you ought to clean them. They certainly ought
not be cleaned often as this is likely to abrade the heads or lead
to other damage (especially for those who disassemble to clean)
but it must be recommended as an occasional practice. Many users
with hard disk drives will never use their floppy drive enough to
warrent cleaning but those with no other drives need to monitor
this quite closely.
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