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I noticed on my A2000 that the drive light for df0: "blinks" during heavy data transfers out the parallel port. This happens during: (1) copy file to par:, (2) Final Copy II graphic printer printing using the preferences HP LJ printer driver, and (3) PageStream printing to par: using the PGS HP Laser driver. I suspect that it's a HW phenomenon associated with data transfers out the Centronics port, particularly since it is most noticeable during the file copy to par: (presumably the fastest data rate). Is this a known characteristic of 2000's or has something in mine 'broke?' Looking at the schematics, I can see that the floppy control side of Gary and the U300 8520 'share' signals but I'm not 'stute' enough to understand anything more than that. BTW, the drive light for df2: (external) does not blink. Up til now, I rarely used the parallel port (and that to a slow Epson FX286) so hadn't noticed any blinking (except for the periodic short dim blinks that I assumed were checks to see if a disk was there). Any enlightenment will be appreciated — the blinking is driving me NUTS!! REC ——