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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
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Subject: Re: Bodega Bay Info Inside!
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Date: 19 Feb 91 16:22:31 GMT
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In article <21216@know.pws.bull.com> ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill) writes:
                                   [...]
>                                BODEGA BAY
>                                ----------
>                    (CA-500 Modular Expansion Console)
                                   [...]
>Q: How would a hardcard fit in the Bodega Bay?
>A: Cards are mounted horizontally and therefore, we do not recommend that you
>   mount your hard drive [place it on the card]. Instead, a separate internal
>   hard drive bay has been provided.
                                   [...]
Interesting.

If the hardcard goes in horizontally then that means that the drive would
be horizontal, which is the normal position for a harddrive.  I fail to see
why that would be a problem for any harddrive, unless it had been formatted
previously in a vertical orientation.

Is there something different about the drives that come on hardcards that
makes them unreliable when operated in a horizontal orientation?  If so then
this is the first I have ever heard about it.

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