Floppy Disk Controller: Difference between revisions

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Note2: if you want to execute a command that accesses a disk (see the command list below), then that respective disk must have its
motor spinning (and up to speed), '''and''' its "select" bits must be set in the DOR, '''first''' -- but if you wait more than a.
couple of seconds after turning a motor on, it will turn itself off automatically and your command will fail.
 
Note3: toggling DOR reset state requires a 4 microsecond delay. It may be smarter to use DSR reset mode, because
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