26 Oct
2006
26 Oct
'06
8:40 p.m.
On Thursday 26 October 2006 19:51, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 27 Oct 2006 at 0:28, Tony Duell wrote:
Of the two setups I have which use an external HD interfaced to a CP/M box,
my recollection is that it was done the other way around, you'd power up the
drive box first and shut it down last. Not sure why that was, though.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
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YEs, but any correctly-designed disk controller
would use open-collector
drivers, which will appear as floating outputs when powered down.
The OP asked if the sequencing might make a difference. Depending on
design, it might--and powering the CPU then the drive appears to be
safest. Perhaps I should have phrased it that way.