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To bang or not to bang
- Subject: To bang or not to bang
- From: "sfahey" <sfahey@a2central.com.remove-4jq-this>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:53:32 -0500
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To: Tristan Mumford
Re: To bang or not to bang
By: Tristan Mumford to comp.sys.apple2 on Fri Aug 31 2007 11:01 am
> My other option is to use an Atlas-8 drive I have. What sets it aside from
> the Apple 5.25 is it has headbang protection. Ie no rattle-rattle. However
> using this I would need to drop a floppy controller card into my IIgs,
> which would mean a drop to 1MHz during transfers. (Or does the IIgs do that
> anyway with smartport devices?).
It probably does the same thing as your Apple drive; it's just quieter about
it, because it's likely a direct drive mechanism instead of a belt-driven one.
The GS has to slow down for floppy access.
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