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From: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2 Amiga 3000 Questions (from a new Owner ;^))
Message-ID: <1090@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
Date: 4 Jul 90 10:16:02 GMT
References: <23543@snow-white.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
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In article <23543@snow-white.udel.EDU> kosma%human-torch@stc.lockheed.com (Monty Kosma) writes:
>sorry, but regardless of lights flashing and disks being validated, the
>quantum hard drives (and many others, like my seagate st251) DO automatically
>park the head after a few seconds of disk inactivity.

Nope, the st251 parks its heads when power is switched off. If they are
parked when the drive is inactive it must be a function of the driver
software. (Nevertheless, Quantums could do that)


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