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From: uhclem@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy 6000 Xenix HD Step Rate
Message-ID: <193300222@trsvax>
Date: 23 Jul 90 15:34:00 GMT
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B>     The problem, the step rate is stuck at the slow value that Tandy
B>decided to use and they didn't provide any obvious method to change it.
B>They give you a command, "drive" to set floppy step speed, but nothing
B>to set hard drive step rates.

Sorry, but Tandy 6000 XENIX uses buffered seek for all read and write
operations. (Only restores step slower and that is a function of the 1010
controller.)  Drives that are used with the 6000 *MUST* have buffered seek.

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