Re: Clicking Drives II

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 1990 16:21

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In article <1990Dec20.211301.28307@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> dailey@buster.cps.msu.edu (Chris Dailey) writes:
> And why do Commodore drives require the click and why can't it be
> eliminated, as other companies' machines do no have or need it?

It's a design flaw in the standard 3.5" interface. Apple doesn't have the
problem because they don't use standard drives, and IBMs don't have
the problem because they don't detect disk changes at all.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.

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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Clicking Drives II
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Date: 23 Dec 90 16:21:49 GMT
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