Re: No-Noise for HD ????

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From: Meir
Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 18:49

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In article <1991May11.225043.10706@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) writes:
>>Software to stop the hard disk?  I'd be very surprised if that were
>>possible.  I do remember reading about an expansion card for PCs that
>>would automatically power down your hard disk after a specified period
>>of time, and leave it powered down until it was next accessed.  It
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>Hmmm... remember it takes a minute or two for the drive to
>spin down, and about 20-30 seconds to spin up again....
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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
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Subject: Re: No-Noise for HD ????
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