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From: grege@gold.gvg.tek.com (Greg Ebert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Strange Floppy Behavior
Keywords: Seagate Floppy Northgate
Message-ID: <1756@gold.gvg.tek.com>
Date: 4 Dec 90 23:44:45 GMT
References: <969@garnet.Sbi.COM>
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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In article <969@garnet.Sbi.COM> millman@garnet.Sbi.COM (Phillip Millman) writes:
>I have a very strange problem with my floppy drives.  If any of you have an
>idea what's wrong please let me know.
>
>
>Only if I do a <ctrl-C> (to clear the buffer) between dir's do
>I get the correct results. 

It's the 'Disk Change' signal:

	1) Your drive might not be generating it.

	2) Your floppy controller is non-compatible. If this problem did *NOT*
	occur with the same drives and the older controller, your new floppy
	controller is the culprit.

	3) If you're lucky, it's only a loose connector. Try reseating them.

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