do that.  I
imagine that if one's VERY careful and fastidious about
 keeping everything clean and orderly, which I'm not likely to do, some
 of the other problems can be avoided.  Combine that with weekly 
 Ok, so the real facts start to emerge.  Finally.  As I predicted.
  cleaning and adjustment of the drives, and most
of the problems will
 be gone.  I'm not likely to do those things either, though, since the
 other systems I routinely use don't require it. 
 So in other words, the Disk ][ was fine.  It was you that was defective?
 That's clearly evident. 
 
It sounds like you are agreeing with Dick that the Disk ][ required
special handling (like weekly cleaning and adjustment).
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