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From: phils@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Philip E Staub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Drive Step times
Message-ID: <1718@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Date: Thu, 7-May-87 04:18:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  7 04:18:18 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 02:33:28 EDT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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Keywords: Shhhhh

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Has anyone played around with the step times on the 3.5" drives? I seem to
recall reading somewhere that it was possible to do, but I can't remember
where I've seen it. My objective is to attempt to find a step rate which
will quiet down the drives while seeking. On other machines, I've seen 
dramatic changes in the volume of the drive noise by just altering the 
step rate. 

In the event that anyone else has experimented with this, I'd be interested
to know what rates give the quietest operation on various brand drives.

Thanks,
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Phil Staub              tektronix!tekigm!phils    (206) 253-5634
Tektronix, Inc., ISI Engineering
P.O.Box 3500, M/S C1-904, Vancouver, Washington  98668