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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Disk drive ready signal/drive clicking
Message-ID: <16639@estelle.udel.EDU>
Date: 12 Apr 90 12:17:58 GMT
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Reply-To: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <DEVEN.90Apr12055052@netserv2.rpi.edu> deven@rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) writes:
>Now what confuses me is this:  WHY is stepping a track a requirement
>to update the signal??  

I think the signal gets CLEARED when the drive is stepped.  That is, once
set, it stays set until the drive is stepped. Therefore, read the signal
and then step the drive.  The next insert or remove will set the signal
again.                 -- Darren