Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!bobmon
From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: COBOL, power cycles, and hard disks
Keywords: manual disk parking
Message-ID: <28298@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 89 04:03:08 GMT
Reply-To: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
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->>}out. Generally speaking, RLL drives are intrinsically auto-park,
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->    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???

scott@csusac.UUCP (Skitzer) <1989Oct23.012059.15012@csusac.csus.edu> :
-My Seagate ST-238 RLL isn't autoparking...Don't know if it's stepper or
-coil though...


ST-238's (which are sort-of ST-225's, sort-of upgraded for RLL) use a
stepper motor.  I believe the more recent units will auto-park, but the
early ones didn't.  (In fact, the early ones still don't, without help :-)

I wouldn't be surprised if most drives, RLL or not, auto-park these
days.  It's just a good idea that finally came around.