[comp.sys.dec.micro] Parking the HD

link@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Richard Link) (11/29/89)

Does anyone know of a public-domain program to park the hard disk
on a Rainbow? If so, I would appreciate receiving information on
availability.

My Rainbow 100+ travelled 2500 miles from Toronto to Berkeley without
parking the HD (by Allied Van Lines), and experienced no subsequent
problems.

However, I'm concerned about driving it home from my lab in my tiny
Japanese car, given the size of the potholes on Grizzely Peak.

But then again, it *did* survive an unscheduled shake test last
October 17.

Richard Link, Ph.D.
Space Sciences Laboratory

GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (11/29/89)

>Does anyone know of a public-domain program to park the hard disk
>on a Rainbow? If so, I would appreciate receiving information on
>availability.

   Check out Carl Houseman's AUTOPARK.ZIP available via anonymous
FTP from the INFO-DEC-MICRO files archive. Look for it in directory
[.INFO-DEC-MICRO.MSDOS]. I'm not sure whether this is the current
version, but it's reportedly v1.1 with a date stamp of 8/27/87.


George

P.S. BTW, Richard, you should glance through the next couple of
Rainbow EchoMail Digests as the fellows on FidoNet do a pretty
good job of responding to questions raised in this forum. I wouldn't
be surprised if one of them knows of a bbs in California with SEDT.

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