Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!diemen!probitas!u855203 From: u855203@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au (Michael Harlow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Mac IIsi Hard Drive "Feature" Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 91 00:30:39 GMT References: <1170028@hp-vcd.HP.COM> <848@treehouse.UUCP> Sender: news@diemen.utas.edu.au Lines: 21 In <848@treehouse.UUCP> andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman) writes: >In article yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: >Where does one get SCSISaver? I would like my drive to power down after >about 10 minutes of inactivity and have been looking for a way to do >this. Does it work with any drive? I want this to work with a Conner I >got from a IIsi that now lives inside of an SE/30. Do you really mant to do this ? My understanding is that the most dangerous time for a HD is power up and power down. (Other then solid jolts whilst spinning). This is because on some drives the heads come down and rest on the surface, or have to be retracted by the drive as its power dies. Drives last longer when they are left to spin. -- | Michael Harlow | u855203@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au | | GPO Box 1201, | u855203@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au | | Hobart, 7001 | Computer Science Department, | | Tasmania, Australia | University of Tasmania. |