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From: stanp@pro-fishunt.cts.com (Stan Planton)
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Subject: Determining whether a drive has "auto park"
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Date: 23 Aug 90 13:35:40 GMT
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Most "manufacturers" are really assemblers, using other people's drives. One
approach is to take the housing apart, note the model and serial number from
the stickers on the drive itself (DON'T take the sealed hard drive apart, just
"unbury" it), then check ads in something like _Computer Shopper_ for
descriptions of that particular model of drive. One vendor or another is
certain to list "autoparking" as a feature of drives that have it.  Generally
speaking, I believe that drives with "voice coil" technology are likely to be
autoparking.
Stan Planton