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From: erkamp@arcsun.arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hold that computer...
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.154609.16158@arcsun.arc.ab.ca>
Date: 9 Jul 90 15:46:09 GMT
References: <1990Jul6.030726.24719@wolves.uucp> <1990Jul6.190229.19792@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Reply-To: erkamp@arcsun.UUCP (Bob Erkamp)
Organization: Alberta Research Council, Calgary
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In article <1990Jul6.190229.19792@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> AAron@image.soe.clarkson.edu (AAron nAAs) writes:
>From article <1990Jul6.030726.24719@wolves.uucp>, by brian@wolves.uucp (Brian Daniels):
>>
>> How does one go about constructing a circuit that will hold off
>> the 1040ST until the hard drive gets up to speed?
>> (other than the listen and then flip switch interface  :-)
>> 
Well I use a desk accessory (called HDWAIT?) that you put on a floppy and I just
leave this in the machine when I turn my machine on (everything is on a 
powerbar). It waits to see if the hard drive is there and if it is boots off the
hard drive. If not it waits a while and tries again...If anyones is interested
I'll post it to binaries.

Bob Erkamp