[techtalk] request for ideas

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:47:03 -0500, Aaron Malone <aaron at mancala.semo.net> said:

>Actually, you *do* have to tell Win/DOS that you've inserted a floppy
>drive.  You do so by typing "a:" then running commands, or by
>double-clicking on the "3 1/2 Floppy (A:)" icon.  The advantage in
>this is that the actual mounting is transparent to the user.

More accurately, DOS "mounts" the floppy drive every time it accesses
it.  Very inefficient.

Kelly

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