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From: lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren  Rittle)
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Subject: Re: Questions about QBlit(), etc.
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Date: 20 Dec 90 06:30:41 GMT
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Randell Jesup writes recently:
>Don't forget trackdisk checking disk insertion/removal every .5sec
>if there's a disk in the drive, 2.5s without a disk.
Of course, (for those of us with old drives that noclick can't help :-()
we also get to hear that click every 2.5s or more often with two
drives. :-)
Is there a system friendly way to turn off the floppy drives all together?
I never use them during a productivity session at my Amiga. I use my
hard-drive and tape-drive most of the time. Floppies are only used
to load new software onto my machine, or play those games that don't
allow themselves to be installed :-(!
OK, barring a friendly way, what's a mean way :-).  I am strongly
opposed to others frocing my system do to evil things, but if I
preform the evil action, it's OK!  I just need a reliable way to
shut down the trackdisk.device right?  Nuke (came with GOMF, :-)
caused a nice firework display to appear 1 out of 5 (about)
times thus I don't think it is reliable.
Thanks for any help,
Loren J. Rittle
PS (I know it is possible to boot the machine without having the
motherboard connection to the floppies, no trackdisk.device is 
started up and the machine autoboots fine! :-) This seems a bit
extreme though, :-) thanks

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``In short, this is the absolute coolest computer device ever invented!''
                   -Tom Denbo speaking about The VideoToaster by NewTek
``Think about NewTek's VideoToaster!  Now think about the Amiga!''
Loren J. Rittle lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu