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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MSDos revisited & Re: Standing a PC on Its Side
Message-ID: <710@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 88 07:20:54 GMT
References: <4334@ecsvax.UUCP> <435@wa3wbu.UUCP> <874@micomvax.UUCP> <4810@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <4810@bellcore.bellcore.com> hundt@bellcore.bellcore.com writes:
<ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) sez:
<
<|The ONLY orientation of a hard disk that is normally not recommended, is
<|upside down, i.e. rotated through 180 degrees from its "normal" horizontal
<|orientation, or "bottom" of bearing up.  Standing on either side, or on
<|its front or back is NORMALLY perfectly acceptable.
<
<Now, what about hardcards?  They stand the hard disk on its side, OK;
<but what if the whole PC is up on its side -- now the hardcard is either
<right-side-up or upside-down... perhaps the manufacturers should issue
<warnings, eg. "Warning: when installed do not stand the computer on
<its right side, only on its left". :-)  And what about the poor guy
<who has TWO hardcards made by different manufacturers.  He may not
<be allowed to stand his computer on *either* side :-)  (But, he *is*
<allowed to turn it upside down.)
<
<
<Disklaimer:  If it works for you, do it...
<
<Thomas M. Hundt  /  BELLCORE Morristown NJ  / MRE 2L-350 x4955
<ihnp4!bellcore!hundt
<hundt@bellcore.bellcore.com

According to the paperwork from the manufacturers, for the several types of
drives we have at work, there are only *two* out of the possible six
orientations that are "forbidden".

They are mounting it with the "faceplate" either on top or on the bottom.
This makes sense as the head movement in such a position would be up and down!
(ie fighting gravity!)

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