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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: watcher on March 12, 2004, 10:37:04 AM

Title: A1200 Hard Drive question
Post by: watcher on March 12, 2004, 10:37:04 AM

Hi
Does a Hard Disk fitted to an A1200 automatically park itself?
Or is there a program that i nedd to be able to do it?

Sorry if it's a dumb question!

Thanks

Title: Re: A1200 Hard Drive question
Post by: voxel on March 12, 2004, 12:02:58 PM

Hi :-)

Modern ;-) Hard Disks are automaticaly parking their heads after some times of inactivity (usualy 30" or 1mn).

BTW, that behavior can be seted in the rom's Hard Disk, or initiated by software, but I can't remember the name of it :-(

Title: Re: A1200 Hard Drive question
Post by: sumner7 on March 12, 2004, 12:05:10 PM

Nothing can park itself. You need to drive a vehicle if you need to park it in a parking space.

Title: Re: A1200 Hard Drive question
Post by: Skippy on March 12, 2004, 12:38:18 PM

http://uk.aminet.net/pub/aminet/disk/misc/HDSleep.lha

Or if you fancy coding your own:
http://oldwww.nvg.ntnu.no/amiga/MC680x0_Sections/index.HTML
http://amiga.nvg.org/amiga/reference/Devices_Manual_guide/node0079.html

ULONG rdb_AutoParkSeconds; /* zero for no auto park */

Skippy