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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
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Subject: Re: SCAN program for IBM's (PC)
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Date: 13 Jan 91 21:11:09 GMT
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DOUGB@comsys.byu.edu (Douglas Barlow) writes:
> Only one problem with that idea: How can the machine tell when a disk
> is inserted?  There isn't any type of sensor in IBM floppy drives likee
> in the Mac.

Fastback senses when a disk is inserted.  There is a flag that is used
to determine if a disk has been removed or inserted.  A program such
as this can certainly query that flag.  No problem
Cheers
Woody