"...didn’t give a sht whether there was an elastic band or an 8086 or a 286 driving the thing" There actually was an elastic band in the disk drive: I remember

"...didn’t give a sht whether there was an elastic band or an 8086 or a 286 driving the thing" There actually was an elastic band in the disk drive: I remember replacing it twice in my dad's PCW9512 when it wore out.