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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Misc. comments/questions
Message-ID: <264@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 15:23:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 15:23:17 1986
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In article <408@decwrl.DEC.COM> harrow@exodus.DEC (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) writes:
>
>o It's rumored that Finder V5.1  is floating around...  Can someone mail it 
>to me or post it to the net?  (By the way, non-HFS use of Finder 5.0 and up 
>still yields value; as in the Small Icon display, etc.)
>
No one can legally post it to the net.  As for using Finder 5.n without HFS,
anyone who either uses a non-released Finder ( some of the 5.n ones fall
into this category ), or uses a released Finder in a way that Apple warns
against ( using 5.n with a non HFS system falls into this category ),
deserves whatever happens to them.

>o On a number of other hard disks, notably those used with the DEC Rainbow, 
>there are programs floating around to cause the head  to  move  to  a track 
>which is not used for data.  This is intended to put the head over non-data 
>when  moving the drive and hence reduce the risk of damaging  an  important 
>area on the disk surface due to bumps.  The HD20 is so portable that I find 
>myself  moving it along with the system quite a bit.  Does anyone  know  if 
>such is possible/desirable on the HD20?
>
It depends on the disk.  Some hard disks want to have the head at a
particular place, and require software to put it there, some put it
there by themselves when power is removed, and some don't care.  If
Apple did not supply such a thing, it is probably safe to assume
that it is not needed.  If you want to be sure, call Apple.

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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim