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- From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (George Jetson)
- Subject: Re: Floppy B: Being Accessed @ Strange Times w/ Long Timeout?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.152720.14651@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: D. J. Dougherty & Associates
- References: <1992Nov15.130901.3430@mlb.semi.harris.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:27:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.130901.3430@mlb.semi.harris.com> sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) writes:
- > Floppy B: (a 3.5" high density) is occasionally accessed
- >for no apparent reason. When this occurs, it takes over a minute
- >for a timeout to occur. Can someone provide a clue on what to
- >do to prevent this?
-
- I've noticed this, too. It seems to happen most commonly when I am in a
- "DOS from Drive A:" shell.
-
- I can't provide any help; I'd bet only Mr. IBM can really fix this.
-
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- I've been told to back off on the diode jokes, but I still don't
- like smileys ;-)
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- - pynq@quads.uchicago.edu, who is still costing the net
- hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars, every time he posts -
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