C64 drive: (Was) Looking for a *QUIET* computer

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> The book went on to say that the OS for the drive was a hack from
> another dual-drive (iirc) system.
>
> In fact one could download different firmware to the drive to make it
> run as fast as a PCs could back them. One program that did this was Fast
> Hakem. Remember that?

I don't recall Fast Hakem, nor was I aware that you could download
firmware. That's interesting.

I did have a dual 5 1/4 drive unit which I used with a PET. It was quite
acceptably fast compared to other machines of that era. It had a 6502
microprocessor in the dual drive unit, which made it intelligent and was
considered very sophisticated for the time. All this was before hard
drives had made their way into the personal computer.

Back in those days one of my friends had the misfortune to use an
accounting system at McGill University in which apparently the system used
a floppy drive as we would now use a hard drive. Eventually, the magnetic
surface wore off the disk. Then she discovered that they were supposed to
change the disk at regular intervals.

I'm quite happy with today's technology, thank-you very much.

Peter
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