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From: billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Drive Step times
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Date: Sat, 9-May-87 12:16:36 EDT
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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.

No problem.  Just grab the screen title bar and vigorously shake the screen up
and down while your drives are stepping.  The stepping rate gets noticably
slower, lower in pitch, and lower in volume...

Well, it *does* work...                                         :-) Bill Kelly
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Bill Kelly      {akgua, hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax}!crash!pnet01!billk

                 Try this: BltClear(0,524288,1)  ;-)