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From: groenewo@fwi.uva.nl (Ferry van het Groenewoud)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Why are drives clicking
Keywords: drive
Message-ID: <1991May3.095011.4595@fwi.uva.nl>
Date: 3 May 91 09:50:11 GMT
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I have a simple question about something that wonders me
for quite some time: Why are the floppy drives clicking
to see if there is a disk in it? Isn't it easier, faster
and more silent to use a lightbeam or some sort of sensor
to see if there is a disk in the drive? Am I overlooking
something? Probably, but what?

--
Mac.   The noise of a wrong calibration.    PS/2.  You can't see the new thing.
IBM.   The toys of a dead generation.       Sun.   You can't feel the beating.
NeXT.  The choice cause of bad information. Atari. You'll need some healing.
                                           
Amiga. For boys with real imagination.  __  Amiga. You can reach the ceiling.
                                     __/ /
Ferry van het Groenewoud             \__/  groenewo@fwi.uva.nl