Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!man!crash!ford From: ford@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: mount vs. 3.5" drives & diskchange Message-ID: <1432@crash.CTS.COM> Date: Sat, 25-Jul-87 08:56:10 EDT Article-I.D.: crash.1432 Posted: Sat Jul 25 08:56:10 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 01:49:14 EDT References: <13964@watmath.UUCP> <2146@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: ford@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto) Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA Lines: 16 Summary: Extra hardware on drive In article <2146@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: >in article <13964@watmath.UUCP>, sbmueller@watmath.UUCP (Stephan Mueller) says: >> What must I do to the animal to have it do automatic diskchanges? (I've had >> it longer than the warranty, so I ain't worried about breaking nuthin.) > >The diskchange signal is usually a function of the drive mechanism. [...] Also remember that Amiga disk drives are "standard" drives PLUS a small circuit, which in the case of drives capable of detecting media-removal, includes a LATCH of the media-change line, cleared by the STEP signal. The schematic for this circuit is in the A1000 Schematics package. -- Michael "Ford" Ditto -=] Ford [=- P.O. Box 1721 ford@crash.CTS.COM Bonita, CA 92002 ford%oz@prep.mit.ai.edu