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Article #32043Leaving Mac and Hardisks on
From: John Boswell
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1988 05:17
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1988 05:17
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Just a quick question about leaving a Macintosh and hardisks on: I have both a Rodime and a Microtech hardisk attached to my MacPlus. The Microtech manual says I can leave the hardisk on at all times...and I do, as well as my Rodime. I also leave the MacPlus on all the time. Is this a good idea? Should I do a shutdown at the end of the day and just turn off the Mac? "Shutdown" parks the heads....If I *don't* shutdown, will I eventually wear out either drive?? The reason I leave the Mac on too is that when it is idle I have it run a Hypercard stack that puts up a Grandfather Clock that chimes on the hour. Thanks for any help! John Boswell boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!boz From: boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Leaving Mac and Hardisks on Message-ID: <10046@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 12 Sep 88 05:17:30 GMT References: <1912@lll-lcc.llnl.gov> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 13