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From: whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Alan Whinery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: problem w.   Teak floppy drive
Summary: American Hardwoods in Personal Computing
Keywords: Ignatz, Kwazy, Offiser Dog
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Date: 1 Oct 90 18:47:12 GMT
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In article <Yb11rIS00Voy4KFERa@andrew.cmu.edu> re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely) writes:
>
>   I just purchases a teak drive real cheap for use as a second internal
>drive in my 2000.  Apparently the drive isn't signalling when a disk is
>inserted.  Does anyone know if this is a limiting feature of the drive, or did
>I screw something up.  Right now it seems to believe there is always a

Obviously, teak is not a proper material for disk drives. I would say 
Oak or North American Cherry. Sometimes a Maple drive is nice, but beware
of the less expensive pine and fir drives. Too much sap. I know I've had
one too many gooey disks to ever buy another soft pine disk drive. 

Glad I could help.

Alan
whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu