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- From: jeffsj@execpc.com (Jeffery S. Jones)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Double Density on the Draco
- Date: 09 Feb 96 09:40:37 +0000
- Organization: Exec-PC BBS - Milwaukee, WI
- Message-ID: <1895.6613T580T1895@execpc.com>
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- On 08-Feb-96 18:07:03, C.J Coulson <C.J.Coulson@ncl.ac.uk> wrote:
- >Steve Powell <Rock@g4wyc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- >|> Try inserting a DSDD and telling DOS to format with format a:, you're in
- >|> for a surprise. Wha'd'yer mean, format f\720 a:... or what ever the
- >|> command is, you get the picture anyhow.
-
- >But the original point was whether PC drives could autodetect a disk
- >*insertion*, not whether the disk was DD or HD...
-
- I haven't noticed PCs doing that either. Insert a disk, hit a key to tell it
- you've pushed it in.
-
- There might be some PCs which do implement this autodetection, but I haven't
- seen it.
-
- >|>
- >|> The Amiga doesn't need all that crap, just type in your usual options,
- >|> (or of course, click on the disk icon and select format from the menus,
- >|> Oh, no disk icon on a PC, oh dear, must be a real pleasure using one!) no
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- >Depends what you`re using as a Program Manager (assuming you`re running
- >Windoze). There`s a rather nice Workbench-like PM replacement called
- >SilverWolf Desktop, that includes disk/directory icons, pull down menus etc.
-
- Well, they have DRIVE icons, not disk icons. The difference is the icon on
- the Amiga is attached to the particular disk, and if you pull it out and click
- on an icon in its open window, it will tell you to stick that particular disk
- back in -- and it will know when you've done it without you having to tell the
- computer.
-
- This alone would be wonderful for all those multi-floppy disk programs out
- there.
-
- OK, you say, just put everything on the hard drive, no problem. But it works
- for all other removeable media on the Amiga, such as Zip drives and CD-ROMS!
-
-
- <tsb> *Starfire*
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- Jeff Jones email:jeffsj@execpc.com *//* Amiga Lives!
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