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- From: innuendo@execpc.com (Jonathan Gapen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Escom 4000T & HD Floppy question
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 07:32:35 GMT
- Organization: esCom Amiga Madison Enthusiast's Organisation
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- In article <4hdhcu$sep@blackice.winternet.com> jcsky@winternet.com (Joe Solinsky) writes:
- >
- > I suspect that there is SOME KIND OF MECHANISM that is doing this
- > to me, deep in the bowells of the floppy drive. Note that this is what
- > was shipped with the Tower, which is still totally stock, so don't give
- > me the "Yeah, it's your Emplant board" lines, I won't fall for it.
-
- According to what I've read, all the new Amigas have high density floppy
- drive mechanisms jumped to run only in low density mode. This was done becase
- these mechanisms were cheaper than trying to find low density floppy drives
- these days.
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- Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@execpc.com)
- Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
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