14 Nov
1997
14 Nov
'97
8:23 p.m.
Most removable pack drives go through a
"purge" cycle before loading
the heads. The idea is to blow enough air through to pick up any specks
of dust that were in the pack or got into the drive while loading.
Quite a few years ago, I scrapped out a big drive that had an arm with
very fine brushes that would sweep the platters just after the thing came
to speed.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net