Hello, --- On Thu, 10/22/09, Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> I spent very little time with the 800 drives. Did > they still sing to you, or was that just the 400's? By "sing," do you mean the sound the variable-speed drive made as it spun the floppy? Personally, I never thought the sound resembled "singing" as much as it resembled the machine "extruding data" from the floppy. To my own ears, the disk spinning around always had a bit of a strained sound to it. And if a particular floppy was vigorously spun around, then spat out, well, that only served to reinforce the whole swallow/extrude metaphor for me. :) Best, James Fraser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
