***UNCHECKED*** Re: [Coco] weird 360K drive

tim lindner tlindner at ix.netcom.com
Sun Oct 23 13:32:44 EDT 2005


Bob Devries <bdevries at gil.com.au> wrote:

> Just for laughs, I ran that speed checker disk under MESS, and it tells me
> it's too fast! It runs at 598.7 rpm!

That program measures the time passed between each index hole. Since
MESS doesn't emulation a rotating disk properly, the index hole
detection circuit is just toggled every so often.

-- 
tim lindner
tlindner at ix.netcom.com                                            Bright



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