Re: Floppy drive mystery

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From: Doug Plate
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 15:47

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In article <1992Apr8.005643.492@thoth.rent.com> azog@thoth.rent.com (Billy D'Augustine) writes:
>The following started happening to me after I installed a hard drive
>on my STe, but first, some background...
>

>Ive noticed that the floppy access lights (both) of them blink dimly
>at a rather quick rate. But they no blinken when the above happens.
>(btw: as an aside, just what is this blinking anyways? It did the
>same thing on a 520STfm that I had, but I thought it was just my
>imagination. Is it some kind of heart-beat?)
>Billy D'Augustine                | "Wish I had some goddamned milk!
>...rutgers!bobsbox!thoth!azog    | "Cheerieos just aint the same!"
>azog@thoth.rent.com              | - Stormtroopers of Death (SOD)

sorry, Billy, I have a similar setup, but TOS 1.6 and no such problem.
I noticed the floppy LED flashing too.  It's especially noticable with
the top cover removed and the LED exposed.  My GUESS is: It's the operating
system checking for a media change, probably triggered by a timer interrupt.

Regards,
Doug

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