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From: cshaulis@news.delphi.com (CSHAULIS@DELPHI.COM)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Has anyone written a Mac FS or Mac FS Access utilities for Linux or 386BSD?
Date: 18 Oct 1993 23:13:28 -0400
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ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro) writes:

:Ah, the Mac disk thread again! ;) If the speed changing disks for theMac800K 
:format use speed <= normal speed of a PC drive, you could just turn on and 
:off the floppy drive motor by toggling the control bit really fast. Higher 
:duty cycle (% on), higher speed. It would be a trouble to calibrate, might 
:act different on different drives (different speed vs duty cycle curve, 
:might not work well, could possibly hose the drive (?), etc).

I caught that idea in the last thread. If memory serves, someone was
telling stories about how they toasted three drives with the above
method.

Christopher
cshaulis@Delphi.com