1 Apr
2004
1 Apr
'04
4:39 a.m.
>>>> "Pete" == Pete Turnbull
<pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com> writes:
Pete> On Apr 1, 9:39, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Tony" == Tony
Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> writes:
Tony> You hope... If the power fails and your NiCd pack isn't any
Tony> good, then the heads will land on the platter with nasty
Tony> results...
> NiCd? You must be thinking of the big capacitors
(not batteries)
> that do the emergency head retract in the event of powerfail.
Pete> Erm, in my RK05s there are NiCd packs which provide the power,
Pete> and no capacitors in the way.
I must have been thinking about the larger drives (RP04 and
friends)...
paul