Autzoo.1592
hacknews,datac
utzoo!henry
Wed Apr 21 18:57:28 1982
floppy problems and practices
The bad floppy turned out to have a seized bearing.  It has been replaced
and is now in service in Wern's lab.  The mountings of the two sets of
floppies aren't in fact incompatible, just more complicated than they look.

An examination of the inner workings of the floppy drives indicates that
it is better to leave the doors open when they are not in use -- fewer
things are left rotating that way.

One other note to floppy users:  whenever your disk is in the drive with
the door closed, it is rotating and hence subject to wear.  This applies
whether or not you are actually accessing it, although accessing does
increase wear somewhat.