Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: Rob Clarke <crock_at_clarke-family.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:31:39 +0100
Message-ID: <7ecae6b1-4d44-16ce-ccae-ae5f02780112@clarke-family.org.uk>
Hey Michau,

Are you sure about that? Fairly certain my 8280 stops. It spins when you 
insert the disk, and for some time after accessing it, but I think it 
stops again afterwards. Maybe we have different ROM versions?

Rob

On 07/01/2019 16:12, Michał Pleban wrote:
> groepaz@gmx.net wrote:
>
>> i remember weird things with motor-signal and disk-ready.... but forgot the
>> details, too long ago. and i still have to figure out how to jumper the 8"
>> drive i got =P
> 8" disk drive motors do not stop when started once. The idea that the
> disk should stop spinning and start again when needed came only with
> 5.25" drives.
>
> You can see it on the 8280 drive, once you access the disk it never
> stops rotating (which is quite annoying IMHO).
>
> Regards,
> Michau.
>
>
>
Received on 2019-01-07 17:00:45

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