Re: Clicking GS

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2000 21:56:32 +0100, Pim Blokland <appletalk@at.at>
wrote:

>However, there's one thing you will never get me to admit: that the 
>5.25" drive clicks. It just sits there, doing nothing, being absolutely 
>silent.
>Yes, it is connected.

It isn't the 5.25" drive that clicks.  It is the speaker in the IIgs
that clicks when the IIgs polls the 5.25" drive.

Also, keep in mind that the IIgs doesn't always poll the 5.25" drive.
Only programs that do a HandleDiskInsert command in their event loop
will continuously poll all the drives looking for new disks.  The
Finder in System 6.0.1 does this as well as several other modern
applications.  If the 5.25" drive is being polled, you will see the
drive light flash ever second or so.

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