Alignment disks, and the creation thereof

[Jos Dreesen / Marian Capel]

Mr Ian Primus wrote:
  
> I've heard this doom and gloom talk about "when all the drives are dead" and "when nothing is left to read $MEDIA" - and while I admit that these things are likely to happen eventually, I also don't believe it's a problem for any of us.
> 

Your are wrong. It might be true for the common formats, but there are drives out there were the number of functioning units is approaching zero.

Try finding an Honeywell-Bull D100 "Cynthia" series cartridge drive  or media for instance... 


				Jos