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Article #43063Re: Mac + vs Mac SE
From: Kevin Rushforth
Date: Fri, 26 May 1989 04:30
Date: Fri, 26 May 1989 04:30
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In article <29326@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes:
>(Note: if you select "Shutdown" in the finder, the hard disk powers
>down even though the machine is still running. Does anyone have an INIT to
>power-down the hard disk if it has been idle for 30 seconds, and to power
>it back up again before the next file access?)
I should hope not! Repeatedly starting and stopping a hard disk drive
is the one thing most likely to cause premature death (er, next to
dropping it on the floor). I have a Plus with an external hard drive,
and based on what I found out in this group, I have decided to power it
on in the morning and leave it on all day, whether or not the MAC is
on. I only shut it down at night.
--
Kevin C. Rushforth | "If winning is not important,
Sun Microsystems | then commander, why keep score?"
| - Lt. Worf
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!sun!rushforth!kcr From: kcr%rushforth@Sun.COM (Kevin Rushforth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac + vs Mac SE Summary: Don't touch that drive... Message-ID: <106857@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 26 May 89 04:30:49 GMT References: <391@zeus.hf.intel.com> <29326@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: kcr@sun.UUCP (Kevin Rushforth) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 19