Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:39:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus> To: durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (Jim Durham) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disks Message-ID: <199704150539.AAA10762@argus> In-Reply-To: <3353002D.15FB7483@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> from "Jim Durham" at Apr 15, 97 00:12:29 am
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In reply: > Chuck Robey wrote: > (snip!) > > floppy into the drive, do a DIR. I take that floppy out, put another one [snip] > (Also, control-c should reset it on DOS without all the grief).8) I thought that was for CP/M ???!!! At least the CP/M on my old Vector 5005 S-100 box used to do it that way on a disk change :^) [three terminals, 192k bank-switched [16k x 1's], multi-user CP/M, three serial ports, Centronics port, 16 [hard] sectored 5.25" floppy drive, ST-506 hard drive [whopping 5 Megs!], 18 S-100 slots, well-filtered power supply with a transformer bigger than most US Navy anchors, on a blazing fast Z80B running a steamy 6 MHz]!!! jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2-meter, 70cm - KPC-3 Plus packet capable
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