Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!purdue!mailrus!utah-gr!stride!tahoe!malc From: malc@tahoe.unr.edu (Malcolm L. Carlock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Another STRANGE hard disk problem Keywords: Miniscribe, motor problems Message-ID: <1650@tahoe.unr.edu> Date: 28 Sep 88 05:18:40 GMT References: <1254@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> <5420@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Reply-To: malc@tahoe.unr.edu.UUCP (Malcolm L. Carlock) Organization: Univ. of Nev., Reno-Mathematics Lines: 16 In article <5420@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) writes: >[Stuff about a Miniscribe 3650 motor that sometimes doesn't power >up]. > > [ serious and helpful reply ] > >Environmental variables probably make this vary, causing the variable power up. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ You mean like PATH and PROMPT?? Now I'm REALLY confused. . . . Oh, you mean things like temperature and humidity . . . whoops. Sorry. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)