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- From: i.einman@genie.com (IAN J. EINMAN)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: What NEW Amigas SHOULD have
- Date: 27 Jan 1996 21:38:40 GMT
- Organization: via GEnie Services (1-800-638-9636 or info@genie.com)
- Sender: i.einman@genie.com (IAN J. EINMAN)
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- >>Even NoClick needs some RAM
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- No it doesn't.
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- It takes disk space, but all it does is set a flag in the trackdisk structure
- and return.
-
- (I wrote one of the utilities that do this.)
-
- The flag could easily be set ON by default. The reason it is not is because some
- lame Brand-X floppy drives will be DAMAGED by not clicking. PC floppy drives
- can sense insertion of a disk usually, but since Windows/DOS do not autodetect
- floppy changes, some cheap-o floppy makers cut costs by removing the autosense
- mechanism, but not actually having the drive properly ignore the autosense request.
-
- These drives work on PC's, and Amigas, if the drive is allowed to make it's little clicking
- noise. Otherwise it will vibrate itself to destruction....
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