Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watnot.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!rdgreenall
From: rdgreenall@watnot.UUCP (Richard Greenall)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Hard disk shutoff
Message-ID: <12068@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Oct-86 15:52:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: watnot.12068
Posted: Mon Oct 13 15:52:32 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 14-Oct-86 04:52:57 EDT
Distribution: net
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
Lines: 25


 <Take this line-eater!!>    

      I  was wondering if any one out there has had any experience in running
a bulletin board system off of a 20 meg hard disk.  I am wondering
if the constant running  of the hard disk is damaging to it. (Ex.  running
approximately 20 hours. per day.) 

     It seems crazy to me that the hard disk should be running 
when there is no activity on the board.  The
ideal situation  would be for the pc to start the motor on the 
hard disk as soon as it detects a call on the modem. (I think this 
is impossible but who knows what somebody can come up with)

     Any Ideas?  Has anybody tried such a project.
     Do I have any idea of what I'm talking about?

     Mail any Ideas to me and then I will post them to the Net. 

				Thanks.
					RDGREENALL@watnot.UUCP
					(Richard Greenall)