Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!groleau From: groleau@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Francois Groleau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Bodega Bay Info Inside! Message-ID: <1991Feb20.050404.15745@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Date: 20 Feb 91 05:04:04 GMT References: <21216@know.pws.bull.com> <1991Feb19.162231.388@convex.com> Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines, Montreal, Canada Lines: 32 In article <1991Feb19.162231.388@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: >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. Let's say the hard drive is mounted on the spare space of a full-length PCB HD controller. I guess it would then be easier to break the HD controller PCB by moving the system for instance. Francois Groleau | Going on means going far... | // Only Amiga! McRCIM | ...going far means returning | // McGill University| |\\ // Proud owner of an Montreal, Canada || \X/ Amiga 3000!