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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Finder Quit question
Message-ID: <44121@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Aug 90 02:14:19 GMT
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In article <647@servio.UUCP> dalel@servio.UUCP (Dale LaFountain) writes:

Ly> [...] If you have a loaded
Ly> driver for your hard drive, it could park your heads at shutdown time.

>Do you mean that it 'could' park the heads, or 'would' park the heads?  Or
>maybe 'will' park the heads?  I'm using the SCSI drivers that came with the
>DMA SCSI card and utilities.  Do those drivers support parking?

I meant "could," meaning it's possible for the driver to park your heads,
but I don't know of any actual drivers that do.  Apple's SCSIHD.DRIVER
doesn't, since I believe Apple's hard drives park themselves automatically
while they're spinning down.
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