] At 05:13 AM 7/10/99 +0200, you wrote:
]
] >What's the best system-friendly way to stop floppy disk (or whatever
] >spinning device) motor before taking over system?
]
] Generally, calling #FD9F 256 times works very well.
]
] If for some reason you want to stop drives directly, use these DiskROM
] routines:
]
] #401F: Stop drive served by this DiskROM.
] I'm not sure whether this stops a specific drive or all drives connected to
] the called DiskROM. On the 8250, it stops all drives. On some machines,
] where the motors stops automatically, #401F is simply a "RET".
It only stops the drives served by the diskrom. I prefer to use this function.
]
] #4029: Stop all drives.
] Be careful using this, it may stop drives you don't want to stop. See other
] mail.
This function does not work properly on the MSX turbo R under DOS2. The DOS2
of the MSX turbo R contains a small bug in the call to the CPU switching
routine. So, please don't use this function at all.
Kind regards,
Alex Wulms
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