Checking the 3B1 floppy drive

John R. MacMillan jrmacmillan at lily.waterloo.edu
Wed Jul 13 01:03:26 AEST 1988


Is there a way to check if there is a floppy in (and door closed) on
the 3B1 without causing the error icon?  I tried a few things (like
trying to open(2) the drive), which seemed to work sometimes, but caused
the !! icon others.

Any ideas?
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John R. MacMillan
jrmacmillan at lily.waterloo.edu		If the universe fits, wear it.
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