Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs Subject: Re: Lot's of questions Message-ID: <557@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 18:30:09 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.557 Posted: Mon Jan 5 18:30:09 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Jan-87 23:38:27 EST References: <9073FIB@PSUVM> <2750@osu-eddie.UUCP> <434@catnip.UUCP> <550@packard.UUCP> Organization: Electronic Brain Research Lab Lines: 7 Keywords: Bernoulli Box Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:797 comp.periphs:99 Even certain hard disks will crash if the head is left in one place too long and the head wasn't touching the media. There is still friction and that causes heat and that can destroy things. Two notable drives that exhibit this problem are the old version CDC drives that came with our Gould and the AMPEX video effects machine. -Ron