[comp.sys.amiga] Flakey floppy

C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Eric Edwards) (08/31/90)

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"Johonny H.Lee" <johnhlee@svax.cs.cornell.edu> said:
>In article <900829.161641.CDT.C506634@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU> C506634@UMCVMB.MISSO
>>WARNING:  Long, drawn out, hardware problem follows.
>>
>>I'm having problems with my external floppy drives that I think is caused
>>by a flakey 8520.
>[Long description of problem and symptoms deleted.]

>Did you check the floppy drive signal terminators?  Each drive must be
>terminated.

Terminators?  What ARE you talking about.  My floppies didn't come with any
hardware beyond the drives themselves.  And no one else seems to need them.

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