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From: SOMCYC@NUSVM.BITNET (Chiang Yao Chye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple's 800k drive INIT for the Macintosh
Message-ID: <9005071355.AA16082@apple.com>
Date: 7 May 90 14:06:34 GMT
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Recently, Apple wrote an 800k drive INIT for the Macintosh.  Its purpose is
to prevent the drive heads from being torn off from the drive by the metal
shutter of the disk when the disk is ejected.  This occurs when the drive
head is at a particular track.

The INIT is written to prevent this and it seems that the INIT will move the
drive head to track 79 before ejecting the disk.  It also has been incorporated
in System 6.0.3 and above.

Question:  WHAT ABOUT THE APPLE IIGS???  Since both Macs and the IIGS use the
same drive, 800k drives on Apple IIGSes may get their heads torn off too!!!

What can we do about it?  Has Apple written anything for the IIGS?