Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!charon!hydra.unm.edu!stone From: stone@hydra.unm.edu.unm.edu (Andrew Stone CS.DEPT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: One more time: Turning a Mac ii on its side... Summary: probably OK Keywords: mine is Message-ID: <4031@charon.unm.edu> Date: 1 Dec 88 02:52:10 GMT References: <596909239.0.ELLIOT@STAR3.STANFORD.EDU> Sender: news@charon.unm.edu Reply-To: stone@hydra.unm.edu.UUCP (Andrew Stone CS.DEPT) Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 20 In article <596909239.0.ELLIOT@STAR3.STANFORD.EDU> ELLIOT@STAR3.STANFORD.EDU (Elliot Bennett) writes: > ... >I was told by someone "who should know" that rotating a hard disk 90 degs >(i.e. using a Kensington stand for the mac ii) is VERY bad for it. Namely, >the bearings and head were not designed to operate under these gravitational >conditions. Thus, this is likely to cause 'more than usual' wear on the >hard disk and it is very likely to die a horrible death for this very reason. >Elliot Bennett The tech at Relax Technologies said it would be fine for their Control Data Corp drives that they sell. Mine has given no problem, the II is elevated with some hardwood blocks. ||<<++>>||<<-->>||<<==>>||<<++>>||<?>>||<<++>>||<<-->>||<<==>>||<<++>>|| || || || Andrew Stone stone@hydra.unm.edu (505) 345-4800 || || || ||<<++>>||<<-->>||<<==>>||<<++>>||<?>>||<<++>>||<<-->>||<<==>>||<<++>>||