Bernie wrote:
> Didn't the XT also have a HD as standard? Please remember
> that I got into the PC buisness when AT was brand new, so
My first computer was an XT *without* a HDD. I've seen
many of them since. It was a great way for me to learn
good file management. When I finally got a computer with a
HDD, I was already fanatical about how I arranged the
files. <g>
> I have (almost) never actually used a XT, did pick four of
> them apart for spare parts (screws, jumpers, I/O cables,
> floppies (it is cool to have a 5.25" drive in a brand new
> PC) etc.) //Bernie
Yep, I like to have 5.25"HD drives in most of my computers
too. I often come across old software on that media so its
handy that way. Also, someone gave me about a hundred new
disks a couple of years ago and I use them to archive my
collection of utilities. There's not that much difference
in space between a 1.2Meg and 1.44Meg floppy anyway. The
drives from the XTs were DD (360) though, and not that
useful. I do keep one machine with that capability
however so that I can write disks for old machines.
One thing I found a bit ugly is the use of tape to make
them read only. What I do is install a little switch and
and a status LED in the drives so that I can write to the
disks whether they have the tape on them or not. When the
switch is in the other position, it is impossible to write
to them. This is the system of "SAFE/READY" modes which is
normally used on professional tape machines. It's great
for archive disks because you don't have to worry about
ruining them, just leave the swich in "SAFE" mode as the
default.
Cheers,
Ole Juul
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