which operations need "motor on" at floppy disk device?

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ehenkes
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which operations need "motor on" at floppy disk device?

Post by ehenkes » Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:04 pm

which operations need "motor on" at floppy disk device?
- calibrate
- seek
- read/write

Is that enough?

halofreak1990
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Re: which operations need "motor on" at floppy disk device?

Post by halofreak1990 » Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:16 pm

Yes, those are the only functions that need the floppy motor to be on.

Hoozim
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Re: which operations need "motor on" at floppy disk device?

Post by Hoozim » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:15 pm

Anything that moves something on the floppy disk.

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