Jim wrote:
Possible weird request... Does anyone have sound samples of a later-than-Disk][ floppy drive loading?? :) The newer //e & //c drivers were much louder. I don't have a microphone handy at the moment to record it myself. I want to experiment with some of the disk loading sounds... any will do... The click-clack of an EA game wouldn't be half bad, either!! I know, it's weird...
I've used "Super-5" half-height 5.25" drives since the late 1980s, and they don't make much sound at all--they even have a switch to disable seeking below track 0. I can't hear them seeking in use. I always attributed the louder sound of the later full-height drives to the plastic cases, which function as sounding boards. But Apple changed drive suppliers a couple of times, too, which would affect the sounds. -michael NadaNet networking for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."