Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site udenva.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!nbires!boulder!cisden!udenva!awinterb From: awinterb@udenva.UUCP (Art Winterbauer) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Disk Power-Up Rule for the 1541 Message-ID: <747@udenva.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 13:52:52 EDT Article-I.D.: udenva.747 Posted: Wed Jul 10 13:52:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 12:12:37 EDT Reply-To: awinterb@udenva.UUCP (Art Winterbauer) Organization: U of Denver Lines: 9 According to the 1541 disk manual, the drive should be turned on before the computer is powered up. If the drive is turned off, it should not be turned on again until the computer has been powered off. Questions: What happens if you connect all your equipment to a power bus for simultaneous power-up? What kind of damage can happen to the computer if the power-on rule is violated?