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From: dillon@ucbvax.ARPA (The Sherif "Matt D.")
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Subject: Re: MSD Disk Drives
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 01:34:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 01:34:52 1985
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> 
> There has been many articles regarding the ills of the 1541 not to
> mention all of the software and hardware to fix the 1541 problems.
> Well C64 users never fear the MSD disk drive are here to overcome and
> cure all of your frustrations encountered with the 1541!  I never 
> could force myself to purchase the 1541 after I heard of all of the
> troubles found with the 1541 so I never had to learn the hard way about
> a poorly designed disk drive.  Instead I save up my penneis and nickles
> to purchase the Dual Disk Drive package from MSD.  I have never been
> so please to anounce that I have yet to experience any kind of problem
> like overheating, clunking heads, poor alignment and slow operations
> that are common problems with the 1541.  (Even the save @ problem that
> is somewhat common on the 1541 has yet to cause me a problem.)
> 
> So if your tired of putting up with your 1541 or are looking for a great
> disk drive, I would recommend the MSD Disk Drives.  However, with all
> great things there is a limitation.  This limitation is that not all
> of the purchased software works on the MSD drives because the software
> is using some of the internal routines found on the 1541.  Now since
> this is a MSD drive and not a 1541 the software fails.  This problem
> accounts for less than 5% of the protected software available or so
> I have been told.  But, may of the companies that sell this type of
> protected software also have the software that can run on the MSD but
> you usally have to order it directly unless you have a good software
> store near you.
> 
> Paul Woods (paulw)

* The MSD Disk Drives do have some major problems. First, as if it where
possible, the MSD is SLOWER than the 1541!! (calling the 1541 %100, the
MSD comes in at %91)
* The MSD does not work with a lot of the avalible software. If you plan
to run software that you have purchaced you will need a 1541.
* The disk speed up products that are avalible for the 1541 (like 1541 Flash!)
are not avalible for the MSD.

  Other than that the MSD drives are fairly well built, and reliable.