Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: Rob Clarke <crock_at_clarke-family.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 22:02:03 +0100
Message-ID: <860ffaf7-adb0-2f7c-79e4-3d6a0524343b@clarke-family.org.uk>
I will, because now I'm beginning to doubt myself. I have a thought that 
the continuous running of the drive might have been one of the option 
jumpers on the drive mechanisms.

On 07/01/2019 16:35, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
>> On 2019-01-07, at 16:31, Rob Clarke <crock@clarke-family.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Michau,
>>
>> Are you sure about that? Fairly certain my 8280 stops. It spins when you insert the disk, and for some time after accessing it, but I think it stops again afterwards.
> Could you double-check it?
>
> I have an otherwise mint condition drive that spins all the time... It would be good to know if that's "normal".
>
Received on 2019-01-07 23:00:05

Archive generated by hypermail 2.2.0.