Re: IBM HDAPS things are looking up (was: Re: [Hdaps-devel] Re: [ltp] IBM HDAPS Someone interested? (Accelerometer))

From: Sander
Date: Tue Jul 05 2005 - 11:44:19 EST


Alejandro Bonilla wrote (ao):
> If you check the IBM software in Windows, it shows 2 things.
> First, when it pauses the HD and when it stops the HD. It all
> depends on how hard you hit the PC. In one we suspend the drive
> and in the other we park the drive.

This is not true. The software only parks the head, it does not spin
down the disk. That would take too much time to protect against a fall
anyway.

Sander

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