From: doug.mccomber@fakepart.gmail.com   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I've read in several places that one should turn their system on first,   
   then insert the floppy to prevent damage (to the floppy disk). So I   
   thought I'd start doing this and gave it a try on my M4.   
      
   The computer comes on and displays "Diskette?". I put an LDOS floppy in   
   drive 0, the screen goes blank, then a few seconds later it displays   
   "disk error".  I hit the reset button, again, "disk error".   
      
   So I turn the computing off, pause, and back on. LDOS boots. This disk   
   is "good", and this behaviour is the same with other boot disks. What   
   gives? Is it okay to turn your M4 on with a floppy in the drive?   
      
   Regards,   
      
   --   
   Doug McComber   
   http://www.VintageComputing.net   
      
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