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Article #5472Re: Ticking Disk Drive?
From: Brent Chivers at home
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1986 04:20
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1986 04:20
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> I have noticed the ticking sound coming from the 800K drives when > a disk hasn't been inserted in them. I especially noticed it in the > external drives. > Also, a friend with an Amiga has the same problem with his 880K > external drive. The sound goes away when a disk is inserted. I have noticed it from both the INTERNAL and EXTERNAL drives of my Amiga. I presume the OS just wants to know what it's got available (mounted). -- Brent Chivers allegra!princeton!orsvax1!brent or perhaps ORS Automation, Inc seismo!caip!topaz!pyrnj!orsvax1!brent 440 Wall St Phone 609-924-1667 Princeton, NJ 08540 FAX 609-924-2413 USA TELEX 4944924 ORSIN ------------- Disclaimer: Our business is vision, but my views are my own.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!princeton!orsvax1!brent From: brent@orsvax1.UUCP (Brent Chivers at home) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Ticking Disk Drive? Message-ID: <264@orsvax1.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Apr-86 00:20:28 EDT Article-I.D.: orsvax1.264 Posted: Sun Apr 27 00:20:28 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 6-May-86 04:45:17 EDT References: <8604032208.AA09466@kim.berkeley.edu> <1532@utai.UUCP> <1570@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> Organization: ORS Automation, Inc., Princeton, NJ Lines: 16