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From: alien@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: How to park a disc for shipment.
Message-ID: <16650006@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>
Date: 2 Dec 90 00:48:56 GMT
References: <841@bacchus.esa.oz.au>
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
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Most disk drive designs these days have some kind of latch mechanism
that is automatically activated on power-down (without any help from
a computer).  I would think drive-specific documentation would tell
you if this was the case...

But then, I just know the mechanical stuff works.  :-)
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Tom von Alten           email: alien@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com
                        Hewlett-Packard Disk Mechanisms Division
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