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From: scott@csusac.csus.edu (Skitzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: COBOL, power cycles, and hard disks
Keywords: manual disk parking
Message-ID: <1989Oct23.012059.15012@csusac.csus.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 89 01:20:59 GMT
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In article <4274@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes:
>In article <6626@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) writes:
>>In article <4267@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes:
>>}depends on the hard disk. Check with the manufacturer to find
>>}out. Generally speaking, RLL drives are intrinsically auto-park,

>>}while most MFM drives are not.
>sorta proves my statement, doesn't it?????
>
>    Fact is, I can't think of any RLL drives that use stepper motors.
>Might be a handful out there. Anyone know for sure??? Maybe some
>of the early ones???
>

My Seagate ST-238 RLL isn't autoparking...Don't know if it's stepper or
coil though...

		Scott