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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:2075 comp.os.386bsd.development:1329 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1293 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!nevada.edu!jimi!ftlofaro From: ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro) Subject: Re: Has anyone written a Mac FS or Mac FS Access utilities for Linux or 386BSD? Message-ID: <1993Oct19.171301.23828@unlv.edu> Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User) Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas References: <29o58gINN2gb@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu> <1993Oct17.005214.15141@unlv.edu> <29vm0o$nia@news.delphi.com> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 17:13:01 GMT Lines: 25 In article <29vm0o$nia@news.delphi.com> cshaulis@news.delphi.com (CSHAULIS@DELPHI.COM) writes: >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 > Was that a PC drive, or (as I remember) an Atari drive, or something else? I thought PC drives were not breakable through software. The only things breakable through software I know of are monitors and some IDE drives. But I could be wrong...