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Closing the 5¼" floppy drive door after the motor spins up
I have read that one should let the motor spin up before closing the drive door on the floppy drive as it will properly center the disk if you do that. Here's a typical quote from page 1-13 of The ...
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Can a floppy disk be wiped securely using the Windows format command with the passes-parameter?
Does the /P:<count> parameter of the Windows format command securely erase (wipe) all data of a 3.5" floppy disk? Meaning, the data is unrecoverable? If so, is 3 passes sufficient for the ...
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Why does this Soviet floppy controller have two windows in the chip package?
This is a picture of the KR1818VG93, a Soviet clone of the WD1793 floppy controller. It was used in some Spectrum clones: (source) What are the two windows in the chip package for? They appear to ...
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