Re: floptical and noisetracker questions

[taob@r-node.io.org (Brian Tao)]

In article <1993Oct9.224127.10718@msuvx2>, ustai@msuvx2.memst.edu writes...
> 
> 1)  Reads/writes (with no problems) 	[80% of the time]
> 2)  Read only				[15% of the time]
> 3)  Drive not recognized.		[5% of the time]
> 
> 	I have not been able to determine why this happens.  If I boot straight
> into Prodos-8, condition 3 is the most frequent experience.
> 	If anyone has any ideas at all what I can try, I'll gladly try it.

    I assume you are booting with a floptical in the drive?  It might
make a difference if you boot on an empty drive, then insert a floptical
after startup.  I'm not familiar with the Apple DMA + floptical combo.
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