re: Resetting Floppy drives under Windows

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From: Dave Laird
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 19:05

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robertso@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za (Mike Robertson) writes:

> In article <2FaowB4w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us> davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird
> >I have suddenly been visited with a previously unknown problem. Floppy 
> >drives no longer reset themselves after a preliminary access. I am 
> >certain that this is a changeline problem, but I do not know where to 
> >look in the config. Any ideas?
[solution deleted to save space]

> I hope that this helps - Happy New Year,

I will give this a whirl. It makes sense, as DRIVER.SYS is the active 
MS-DOS interactive latch to the changeline support. I will post my 
findings back in a day or two. Thank you, and Happy New Year to you too.


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davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird)
IEAx for lack of a better name... (509) 624-0744

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