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From: brent@orsvax1.UUCP (Brent Chivers at home)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Ticking Disk Drive?
Message-ID: <264@orsvax1.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 27-Apr-86 00:20:28 EDT
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Posted: Sun Apr 27 00:20:28 1986
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> 	I have noticed the ticking sound coming from the 800K drives when
> a disk hasn't been inserted in them.  I especially noticed it in the
> external drives.  
> 	Also, a friend with an Amiga has the same problem with his 880K 
> external drive.  The sound goes away when a disk is inserted.

I have noticed it from both the INTERNAL and EXTERNAL drives of my Amiga.
I presume the OS just wants to know what it's got available (mounted).
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