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I wonder about these posts citing c64 and Amiga floppy reliability issues. Was around both for 10 to 15 years, in computer clubs, ran a punter bbs, worked repa
by bbarnett 6y ago
I wonder about these posts citing c64 and Amiga floppy reliability issues.
Was around both for 10 to 15 years, in computer clubs, ran a punter bbs, worked repairing/selling amigas for years, reliability was awesome, unless one had the rare a bad drive.
Were you lot running 1541s, 71s?
Were you living under power lines, beside a power station, and your mom loved fridge magnets? :P
- jerrysievert 6y agomine was a 1541, but most everyone I knew who had one had the same problems. my amiga floppy (and the external clone drive I bought) was super reliable.
- zabzonk 6y agoMy Mum detested fridge magnets for some not clear reasons. And no overhead power lines. There was a nearby power transformer though, which on one memorable day burst into flames. But I remember Dad frequently complaining about reliability, and the drives keep on having to be taken down to a computer shop (back when such things existed) in down-town Lincoln (UK) to be fixed. The problems were entirely mechanical, not electronic.
- bbarnett 6y agoHmm. I wonder why the dichotomy. Where I was, it seems the inverse. Data points re: 1541 reliability: * all were early adopters, but moved to the Amiga within a year of A500 release. So there is an end-time bracket here. * I had a VIC20, was an early C64 adopter, and most people I knew were too. So, a start time bracket. * all drives were bought in Canada I'm thinking, maybe source plant for drives, PLUS, maybe earlier bought drives were more robust/more expensively made. Fewer cost saving measures? So hard to tell now. :/