Kind of funny, I just got that Apple in the mail today and was going to immediately replace the rifa, but was too anxious to power test the machine. I got side tracked with the intermittent keyboard, then I heard the dreaded noise. I grabbed the computer and ran outside. When those blow, they...
Turns out I recently acquired a PC with the same card that has the battery in the middle of the board. The manual that shows the battery on top of the board seems to apply to this card as well. At least for the switch settings and port enable headers.
Just got a used ARLABS EPROM+ in the mail today. I think I can use some 27c256 eproms I yanked from a different board, but have to get a uv-c lamp first to erase them. I finally have programming power!
I didn't automatically assume, I said it 'may' be more reliable, and then asked if that was indeed the case.
But that does make sense, how data is interpreted on a floppy isn't all that much different than pits on a CD.
Yeah this is a long the lines of what I was wondering. So the quality of the write may have been better and faster than a 'home user's' drive.
Do the higher write currents produce a more 'reliable' write to the magnetic media?
What do the duplicators look like? I assume they are 'headless'...