On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:49:45 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Well, I've yet to have it utterly destroy a disk. But it has a number of
> problems:
> 
> - You cannot remove the disk from the drive without getting fingerprints
> on it.

I manage to get it from the edges myself, but fingerprints aren't a huge 
problem - they wipe off. :-)

> - If the servo won't let go of the disk, or won't accept the disk when
> you try to push it in, you get scratches on the disk.

Sounds like a bad drive to me....

> - I've seen drives where you have to "bend" the disk slightly to get it
> through the door. (Which probably just indicates a cheap drive, but
> still...)

I haven't seen this one myself....

> None of these problems occur with slot-load drives.

Wait, what? ;-)

Jim

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