Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:10:41 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans <lee@wakky.dyn.ml.org> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do *you* have problems with floppies? Message-ID: <19970914121041.39698@wakky.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19970914142654.GG28248@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 02:26:54PM %2B0200 References: <19970914082044.BG34112@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199709141017.DAA15075@usr06.primenet.com> <19970914142654.GG28248@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 02:26:54PM +0200, J Wunsch wrote: > > How else could he still write nonsense about > ``head loading'', even though the last drives that did an on-demand > head loading were the good ol' 8-inch drives? (Still true in the > second edition, i verified this in a bookstore.) I have seen 1985-vintage 1.2MB 5.25" drves that did on-demand head loading, made by TEAC and Y-E Data...they were used in the original ATs. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD++^i WK+++r P&B++ SL++^i GDF B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Did $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code
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