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To: Brown Deer

The one I remember most fondly is the floppy drive/disk eraser we had for our TRS-80. Functioned perfectly as a floppy drive if you had it powered on BEFORE you put the disc in, and didn’t power it down until AFTER you took the disc out.

For a “bulk” instant disc wipe, insert the disc with the unit off, then power it on.


55 posted on 01/09/2018 4:40:43 PM PST by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: HKMk23

I never had a TRS-80, but someone who once worked at Commodore, gave me a complete printout of the 1541 floppy drive source code.

I remember noticing a comment that said something like, “if you ever end up here, you are in trouble”


56 posted on 01/09/2018 5:04:11 PM PST by Brown Deer (America First!)
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