The Dreaded Read/Write Error and Disk Doctor - Amiga
The Dreaded Read/Write Error and Disk Doctor Article originally published April 17th, 2016 *Video for the Amiga Read/Write Error *Next article *Previous article *Alphabetical list of writings Imagine you’re playing your favorite game on the Amiga. You’ve been at it for an hour and you’ve just triggered a cut scene which requests that you insert disk 3. You eagerly oblige and await the change of scenery. A sound tingles your senses and an entire array of emotions jolts through your body. You’ve heard that sound before… You know what the Amiga is about to say even before it does… Your disk has a read/write error. The floppy drives sound let you know this two seconds before the system told you. The Amiga floppy drive always had a unique sound. It’s the reason why I don’t seek out alternatives to using it other than the occasional game that can be installed on a hard drive. I want some games to run off a floppy disk because that drive’s sound beats any computer ...