Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:21:15 +0100 From: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: click-click in floppy disk drive Message-ID: <5267DB5B.3040106@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20131023134628.d91267ab.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20131021135605.DSZ95987@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <20131022230000.9bfa7add.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310221953550.89571@wonkity.com> <20131023134628.d91267ab.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 23/10/2013 12:46, Polytropon wrote:
> At least, the classic Amiga floppy drive wasn't that annoying
> when determining if there's a floppy disk in the drive - much
> more advanced than what the PC usually did ("Press ENTER for
> next disk!").;-)
The rot set in with the move from 8" to 5" in my view. Okay, before the
SA400 they weren't exactly standard but the cut-down interface missed
off the commonly fun fun lines like the one to tell you if the door was
open and the "lock door", to prevent the luser from whipping a diskette
out when you didn't want them to. Oh! What fun we had with that one :-)
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