Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!orstcs!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!throoph From: throoph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Henry Throop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Cleaning the 3.5 Message-ID: <19553@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 27 Jul 90 23:42:13 GMT References: <9007240347.AA23527@apple.com> Sender: usenet@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Oregon State University - CS - Corvallis Lines: 19 In article <9007240347.AA23527@apple.com> "Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore" writes: >Any suggestions..how can you get a 3.5 to use a headcleaner...it will normally >scan for maybe 1/2 a second.....not enough time by a long shot... >I'm talking about the cleaning disks and such, BTW... It might be different on your //c, but on the gs, it scans for 1/2 second or so only if there is no disk in the drive. If there is a disk that it is unable to read from (such as a blank disk or a cleaning disk), it keeps trying for about 5-10 seconds. Henry >TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET >TSEMM@Acad3.fai.alaska.edu --- Henry Throop Internet: throoph@jacobs.cs.orst.edu