Re: "Parking" the heads on hard disks

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From: Timothy Lange
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1986 17:09

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I have an assembly program that I use to park the head on my IBM PC/XT.
I got it from a PC/Tech Journal article and added a bit to it.  It will
park the heads and then disable interrupts and halt.  Since parking the
heads mean recalibrating the drive to do it, you will not be able to use
the disk anyway.  That is why I disable interrupts and halt.  I can post
the source and uuencode the .COM file if anyone wants it.  Just a couple
of letters will do the trick.
-- 
Tim Lange		Engineering Business Offices
317-494-5338		Rm 120 Engineering Administration Bldg.
Purdue University 	West Lafayette, IN  47907
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From: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange)
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Subject: Re: "Parking" the heads on hard disks
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 12:09:39 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 12:09:39 1986
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