jmpiazza@sunybcs.uucp (Joseph M. Piazza) (07/31/87)
In article <2170@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: >The PST518 is a clever Japanese power-fail detection device, intended to >minimize the possibility that the drive will scribble on your disk if you >are so foolish to leave it in the drive when you power off. Apparently, >the 3.5" drives are already supposed to contain such circuitry internally. > ... I leave my disks in the drive when I power down. I remember back when Integrand was selling a device to protect your 8" disks in case of power failure. It cost $50 (in 1980 dollars). Intentionally powering down with disks in the drives just wasn't possible. My earliest conversion began when using a Lisa 2 at work (since traded in for a Mac+). To boot off a floppy instead of the internal hard disk the user was instructed to put a floppy in the drive BEFORE turning on the power -- an offense previously just slightly less than leaving it in the drive when powering down. My first major conversion to the Amiga was learning (RE-learning, actually) to pop the disk by pushing the button. I would sit for a few moments waiting for the disk to pop out itself -- by strength of will I suppose. My latest adjustment is trying to figure out how to shutdown my Amiga. Then I remember how to do it and flip the switch. What hath Apple wrought? Flip side, joe piazza --- Cogito ergo equus sum. CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260 UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!jmpiazza CS: jmpiazza@cs.buffalo.edu BI: jmpiazza@sunybcs