cctalk Digest, Vol 37, Issue 55

[Gary E Kaufman]

From: ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)

> By 'out', I assume you mean towards higher numbered tracks -- that is 
> with the head closer to the spindle.
Yup, sorry - typically the worse errors are after track 50ish.
> I can see no obvious reason why you'd get more errors on inner tracks if 
> the alignment was off. The errors would be on all tracks I would think. 
> Unless your leadscrew is so warn that the head is not properly postiioned 
> (I have _never_ seen that happen).
>
> A worn/dirty head might give more errors on the inner tracks where the 
> bit density is higher (shorter tracks), though
>   
Thanks, all very good thoughts!

- Gary