29 Nov
2002
29 Nov
'02
4:34 p.m.
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
Well, the manual shutter type could prevent a very clueless user from using
Teledisk if said user didn't recognize that the shutter was manual and stuck the
disk in the drive without opening it first.
But, as it turned out, my real problem was that Teledisk, as it turns out,
doesn't work with XP (or Win2000 for that matter). When I switched to a Win98
machine it read the disk without any problems (once I remembered to manually
open the shutter, that is).
Thanks for the help.
-W
So, my question is, does anyone know anything
about this apparent design
evolution, and is there anything about the Sony springless design that would
prevent me from using Teledisk?
NO.
The shutter type, unless it physically prevents you from putting the disk
into the drive has no effect on reading nor writing. You should look at
the multitudinous other reasons why Teledisk can't handle it, specifically
things such as Teledisk (SOFTWARE) can not possibly read anything that is
single density (FM), GCR, or with other physical incompatibilities.