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Re: To bang or not to bang

Subject: Re: To bang or not to bang
From: David Wilson <mcs6502@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:28:02 -0700
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On Aug 31, 3:52 pm, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Some of us have had our noisy, head-banging floppy drives working for
> more than 25 years now, and they still work fine.

My MPF-III clone IIe system has a 1/2 height 5.25" drive with a
working track zero sensor. The silence when that system booted was
blissful. It turns out that the drive is a fairly standard PC style
unit with an adapter board to convert Disk ][ 4 phase seeks into step
and direction signals.

References:
- To bang or not to bang
  - From: Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom>
- Re: To bang or not to bang
  - From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
- Re: To bang or not to bang
  - From: Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom>
- Re: To bang or not to bang
  - From: Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>

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