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From: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM)
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Subject: Re: Raaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 19 Aug 90 20:11:30 GMT
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In article <03896.AA03896@sosaria.imp.com>, wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) writes...
>  
>I can hardly stay calm and not start to flame around what I think of a
>computer system that is so #*g?*% that it can ruin a harddisk.  And no,
>there were no vibrations that could have caused a head crash, the system is
>rock-steady on my desk - and the drive never ever showed the slightest sign
>
>Still anybody around calling the Amiga a professional system?
> 
What makes you so sure it was the Amiga that killed the hd?  In fact, tell me
how this is possible.  All the Amiga can do (to my knowledge) is that the heads
can be moved across the media, with accompanying read or write operations.

Unless the heads are physically touching, the media CANNOT be destroyed by your
computer.

I suppose that somehow, the interface itself could be damaged by improper
handshaking, but again, this is pretty unlikely.

The fact that your HD never showed any signs of problems before means little.

So, IMHO, it is more likely that your hd DID in fact DIE a nasty death of its
own accord.

-> ->Disclaimer: I'm not ashamed of what I say. <- <-
     Sorry for the long disclaimer.
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