Date   : Wed, 06 Jul 1983 09:59:13 PDT
From   : Dr. Terry Gray <gray@ucla-locus>
Subject: Re: Optronics Disk Control Unit

Until the advent of 1/2 height 8" floppies --which use DC drive motors--
virtually all 8" drives ran continously.  It is the 8" drive problem
that Optronics is addressing.  To my knowledge, there are no 5.25"
floppies that run all the time.

--Terry Gray