Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: Michał Pleban <lists_at_michau.name>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:07:54 +0100
Message-ID: <5C34929A.3030309@michau.name>
Hello!

Mike Stein wrote:

> However, later drives like the  Tandon TM-848 actually had a quite extensive set of motor control options; you could for instance turn each of four motors on and off independently, you could turn them on and off with the drive select (with optional turn-off delay), run them constantly, etc.
> 
> Depending on how the controller handles it you might be able to move a jumper to turn off the motor when not in use if that's what you want.
> 
> There's a fairly extensive manual for the TM-848 here (see p. 1-22):
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> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/tandon/TM848_service_1982.pdf

Hm, that may explain the difference in behaviour of my 8280 vs. Rob's. I
will try to study the jumpers on my drives to see how they are set up.

Regards,
Michau.
Received on 2019-01-08 14:00:40

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