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From: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: hard drive spin up (was: experiences with A2090A)
Message-ID: <9704@swan.ulowell.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 88 22:00:14 GMT
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Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept.
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>Yes. The Seagates take approx. 25 seconds to initialize from power-on.
>A) 25 seconds? My ST-157 takes 18seconds from first power to last "whir-beep"

My Rodime takes about 30 seconds.  I *never* have autoboot problems,
the Amiga *never* waits for it - it's too busy reading KS from floppy.

One less headache due to the A1000.	:-)

..Bob
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@swan.ulowell.edu  ulowell!page
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