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From: WAXMONRW@SNYBUFVA.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple drives -- 3.5 inch  *** Help me identify please**
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Date: 1 Jun 91 00:45:00 GMT
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Stephe Brown said:

>WAXMONRW@SNYBUFVA.BITNET writes:
>
 >
>>What bug in the AMR 3.5 drive? I have had one for over a year with no problems
   ;
>>I do have a ROM 03. I have aboslutely no reservations in recommending the AMR
>>dirve.

>I remember reading that if you have an AMR drive on a ROM 03, and you're using
>the Finder (or other program that polls removable media drives) that Finder
>will halt in its tracks (just stop) if the drive is empty. I know this
>appeared in something... probably an A2central, but I haven't been able to
f>ind it. Now, if AMR has upgraded their ROMs or PALs to work on ROM 03, great!
C>an you try this experiment and report the results.

I do not use the Finder. I use George Wilde's UtilityWorks and his companion
UtilityLaunch, which must be the best $25 GS shareware bargain in existence.
However, when Andy comes out with the new Finder this summer, I will give it
a try with the AMR drive.

Ray Waxmonksy
(waxmonrwrw@snybufva)
Dept. of Geography
Buffalo State College