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From: berger@iboga (Mike Berger)
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Subject: Re: 5-1/4 inch form factor RAM disks needed for ST506
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Date: 18 Jan 91 20:04:06 GMT
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don@dgbt.doc.ca (Donald McLachlan) writes:
>	We have some installations in the Canadian Arctic that keep
>	destroying their hard drives.

>	We have decided the problem is the speed at which the temperature
>	in the huts vary. We can't rebuild the huts. Our intended solution
>	is to change over to solidstate (RAM) disks.
*----
Have you considered cheaper alternatives?  In the two-way radio field,
we increase temperature stability by putting the crystals in ovens.  A
small heat source located near the disk drives might do it for you.  You
might even get away with something as simple as a power resistor or
light bulb.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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