Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!amdahl!drivax!riddle
From: riddle@drivax.UUCP (Riddle)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: floppy shut downers
Message-ID: <4000@drivax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 88 17:59:46 GMT
Reply-To: riddle@drivax.UUCP (Riddle)
Organization: Digital Research Inc
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I'm looking for two related products/projects/circuits/designs that I could
buy or build.  Both are needed for several 8 inch floppy drives I run.

1.  A circuit to turn those noisy fans on only when the boxes internal
    temperature exceeds and off when it goes below a setable value.

2.  A circuit that will turn the drive motors off after a timeout of
    inactivity, turning them back on at drive select time.

    I may have seen a product like this years ago, does anybody know
    name/availablity.  I seem to remember it might not have worked
    because some disk controllers (NEC765) continually poll the drive
    via the select line.
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