Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL!w8sdz From: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: TIMEP37E.ZIP - Park hard disk(s) after specified time Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 18:18:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 32 david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes: > Keith, I am trying to reach Sanford J. Zelkovitz, the author of > pd1:timeprk4.arc on simtel20. This is by my estimation > the best hard disk parker on the market. I need to contact the author > to report a bug. The BBS number given below results in Ma Bell saying > the number is no longer in service. The number near the beginning of > the document just rings interminably. If you can help me to contact > Sanford, or tell me who uploaded the file, I would appreciate it. > > The bug causes the machine to lock up if the hard disk is parked while > a diskette is being formatted. I have worked around it by specifying > the maximum timeout, but I would rather park after 1 minute of disuse. The person presently supporting that program is Tom Cobb of Athens, GA. I called Mr. Cobb and passed on your bug report. He said that had been fixed in a later version so he sent me the latest via modem file transfer. It's now available from SIMTEL20: pd1: TIMEP37E.ZIP Park hard disk(s) after specified time As before, MASM source code is included. The program is now a device driver instead of a TSR. Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC and CP/M archives - [192.88.110.20] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND