rpw3@fortune.UUCP (12/16/83)
#R:sri-arpa:-1450000:fortune:25500002:000:1071
fortune!rpw3 Dec 15 22:03:00 1983
The main items (on 5-1/4" drives) to watch out for are:
1. Write a program that moves the heads to the recommended "landing zone"
before you shut it off. If you don't know where that is, try the very
last (highest #) cylinder.
2. Pack it VERY well in THICK foam, so the heads don't bounce.
3. Keep it VERY clean, and wait a few hours after flying with it to
let it warm up from the chill of the luggage compartment. The cleaniness
is because air will vent in and out through the filter as the plane goes
down and up, and the cleaner the area around the breather holes (near the
spindle), the less chance of some dust sneaking into the "clean room".
4. It you are carrying a bare drive, make very sure that nothing can touch
or bounce into the actuator arm (the end of the head positioner stepping
motor on the side of the drive). Use even more foam.
That's all! Have fun.
Rob Warnock
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