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From: quimby@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Tom Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Teac 5.25" Floppy question...
Keywords: Teac Floppy
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Date: 1 Jan 91 04:39:01 GMT
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>>Teac 5.25" drives don't have an eject mechanism, at least not the ones
>>installed in Everex Steps.  They're a very reliable drive, and have
>>the advantage of a locking lever that can be safely closed without a
>>diskette in the drive.  (Believe it or not, some people tend to snap
>>the latches off if they can't "close" it without a disk.)
>>  
>Hmmm....
>
>I'd always *thought* the opposite was more 'deadly'.  Tandon TM-100-2 drives
>(5.25in, full height, 48tpi) will *suffer cracked r/w heads* if the drive is
>'closed' without a disk inserted.  Perhaps this has been solved in more modern
>drives???
>
The thought of smashed heads bothered me too, but, at least in the new Teacs,
the heads aren't loaded unless a disk is inserted.  The head loading 
mechanism is split, with a nylon cam acting as a lockout.

>Walt K.
>
>>Quimby
>>  
>Aha, 'quimby', we meet again....

It's the 'small world' syndrome.  Or is that the small town syndrome?
Anyway, happy new year...
  
Quimby
  
(quimby@mts.rpi.edu, quimby@rpitsmts.bitnet)