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From: dr@skivs.UUCP (David Robins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: about Seagates...
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Date: 13 Feb 89 17:50:47 GMT
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In article <89186@sun.uucp> jborza%burgundy@Sun.COM (Jim_Borza) writes:

>ical components.  Always park the heads before you power down (I know you
>don't plan on moving the machine, but Murphy being Murphy, you'll have
>to move it soon) head park programs are simple for the ST238 - some have

Just a note on parking.  Seagate's manual says "All Seagate drives,
with the exception of the ST213, ST225, ST225N, and ST238R products,
have an automatic read/write head parking function at power-off."  
-- 
David Robins, M.D.  (ophthalmologist / electronics engineer)
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