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Subject: Re: Optronics Disk Control Unit
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Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 12:59:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  6 12:59:13 1983
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From:            Dr. Terry Gray 

Until the advent of 1/2 height 8" floppies --which use DC drive motors--
virtually all 8" drives ran continously.  It is the 8" drive problem
that Optronics is addressing.  To my knowledge, there are no 5.25"
floppies that run all the time.

--Terry Gray