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title: "Multiple Disk Systems"
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published_at: "2026-03-12T18:41:46+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-12T18:41:47+00:00"
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excerpt: "Report on an experiment by Dennis Nickel and Lloyd Dreger attempting to run both an AERCO and an Oliger disk interface simultaneously on the Timex/Sinclair 2068 for data transfer between the two systems. Both connection methods tested caused system crashes; the club is seeking a working solution."
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  - name: "John Oliger Co."
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  - name: "TS 2068"
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  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068"
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  - name: "Lloyd Dreger"
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  title: "SMUG Bytes"
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  - name: "Dennis Nickels"
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  - name: "Lloyd Dreger"
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volume: "4"
issue: "12"
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  - id: 50218
    title: "SMUG Bytes v4 n12"
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pages: "6"
pubdate: "December 1987"
archive_link: false
---

Report on an experiment by Dennis Nickel and Lloyd Dreger attempting to run both an AERCO and an Oliger disk interface simultaneously on the Timex/Sinclair 2068 for data transfer between the two systems. Both connection methods tested caused system crashes; the club is seeking a working solution.