Adam Eberbach <adam@DATAPLEX.COM.AU> wrote:

> This message is being 're-forwarded' - the list thinks I'm sending a
> duplicate. Dumb list.

    So let me get this straight, Adam...

    The list server tells you that you've already sent two copies of
    the message, and your response is to send yet another copy and
    call the LIST dumb?  Hmm...

    I've posted this message about three times so far... Here it is
    again:

        READ THIS IF YOU'RE GETTING "DUPLICATE MESSAGE" WARNINGS
        FROM THE "PICLIST" LIST SERVER:

        The list server software includes a helpful feature which
        screens out duplicate messages.  If your mailreader program
        (or your brain) takes a vacation and you accidentally send a
        hundred copies of a single message to the list, the list
        server will bounce all the duplicates back to you with a
        warning.  This is a good thing.

        However...

        There's a bug in the PICLIST's list server software:
        Occasionally, you'll get a "duplicate message" warning when
        you've only posted one copy of your message.

        IGNORE THIS WARNING.  DO NOT RE-SEND YOUR MESSAGE!

        Think for a second:  Even if the warning WERE valid, it
        would still mean that at least one copy of your message DID
        make it to the list.

    If you don't trust the list server to handle your mail properly,
    send a message to the list server with the following body text:

                SET PICLIST REPRO

        This will make the list server send a copy of your messages
        to you, as well as to everyone else on the PICLIST.

        Ok...

> > > I may be a little off topic, but does anyone know how to get a
> > > floppy drive to spin at 750 rpm. I am using old 5.25 drives, the
> > > motor seems to have a comparator and bridge driver, but the
> > > adjusment pot makes little difference.

    Most old 5.25 drives run at around 300 RPM, and the adjustment
    pot only affects this speed by (maybe) 10 percent either way.  I'm
    not surprised that you can't get yours to adjust to 750.

    If you're aware of this and trying to double the speed for a
    reason (or if your drive is really supposed to run at 750 RPM)
    you can certainly make it run at whatever speed you like.

    If, on the other hand, you're just trying to get a broken drive
    to work, perhaps you should try adjusting the speed to 300 RPM
    and seeing whether that fixes it.

    -Andy

Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California
http://www.geopages.com/SiliconValley/2499