floppy drives... READY vs DISK CHANGE

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From: Steve Morris
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 1990 19:34

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I'm trying to understand the difference between the
floppy drive control signal 'READY' (the old name)
and the more popular name, DISK CHANGE.

    1) What is the history behind this signal.

    2) How is this signal used by drivers.

I post a summary is others are interested.
Thanks for your help.

Steve
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From: srm@Matrix.COM (Steve Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: floppy drives... READY vs DISK CHANGE
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.193426.18926@Matrix.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 90 19:34:26 GMT
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