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- From: "C.J Coulson" <C.J.Coulson@ncl.ac.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Double Density on the Draco
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 17:33:47 GMT
- Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) wrote:
- |> standard PC High Density floppies be able to auto-detect disks on the Amiga
- |> still, or will we lost that feature? Other than the 'clicking' which can
- |> be turned off, this feature is unique and helpful (I believe) on the Amiga!
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- Auto-detect isn`t unique to the Amiga drives. Both the 486 I use
- here at University, and my P60 at home, have HD floppy drives that can
- autodetect disk insertion. Whether the detection works in the same
- way as the Amiga drives I don`t know, but the end result is the same.
-
- Regards
- Chris
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