Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!STEIN From: STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Determining whether a drive has "auto park" Message-ID: <9008241522.AA21243@apple.com> Date: 24 Aug 90 16:14:56 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 On Thu, 23 Aug 90 08:35:40 EST Stan Planton said: >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. There is software which also gives the manufacturer and model number. I'm not certain whether it's Apple's hard disk utility or one of the public domain disk formatters, but I remember seeing the name and model of my hard drive displayed on my screen when I was setting it up. Alan H. Stein | stein@uconnvm.bitnet Department of Mathematics | University of Connecticut | Compu$erve 71545,1500 32 Hillside Avenue | GEnie ah.stein Waterbury, CT 06710 | SNET (203) 757-1231