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From: bryce@eris (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amiga placement
Message-ID: <7347@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 3 Mar 88 10:33:01 GMT
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In article <708@nuchat.UUCP> peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>I wouldn't stick the floppies on their sides if you're going to use them much,
>but if you do mainly hard-disk stuff it should be OK.

From the manufacturer's specs on several drives I seen, sideways is ok.

If rotating your drive in 90 degree increments causes problems, then your
drives are probably broken.  Actaully, it might help.  I once had a drive
that would only read disks while upside down!


BTW: The Delay(0L) fix is in patch_2.  Availible RSN.

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