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From: unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank)
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Subject: Re: Miniscribe 3675 auto-park?
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Date: 22 Oct 89 20:06:13 GMT
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In article <694.2541298B@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>I recently got a Miniscribe 3675 (60MB RLL), and every time I power
>on the computer, I hear this mmmmmmmmmm...stst (and then the access
>light comes on for a few seconds).  Is this an indication of the heads
>being un-parked, or an indication of the heads scraping against the
>platters?
>
>Does the 3675 auto-park?  Am I doing unspeakable things to my disk
>drive every time I power up?
>
 

     Off of the top of my head, I really don't remember if the 3675 is
an auto-park or not. That's the 41.2 MB drive, right??

     If I had to take a guess, I'd say "No." (to drugs!), that's
MFM and probably not auto-park. But heck, don't take my word for it. 
Miniscribe has an 800 tech support line. Give it a call and ask them.
They would know for sure. 

Unky Dave
unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu