> >
> > At 20:09 16/04/99 -0800, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> > >On a DEC RA81 how do you tell if the heads have been locked? Or how do you
> > >lock the heads?
> >
> > OK, open the top cover (there's a lock on the front which you need to poke
> > with a screwdriver). Upon opening you will see a white plastic lever which
> > will either point to the work lock or not (writing cast into the HDA). I
> > seem to recall that the correct way to lock the heads is with the disk
> > spinning but I also seem to recall some argument to do this with the disk
>
> IIRC, when you move that locking lever, you force the heads to one side
> of the disk. If they're not already in the right spot and the disk isn't
> spinning, you will scrape the heads across the disks. Not a good idea.
>
> I was always told to lock the heads with the drive spinning (and ditto
> for inserting the head clamp on an SA4000).
>
> -tony
>
>
>
But if you spin up and down the disk -- they SHOULD be in the correct
landing zone, shouldn't they?
Bill
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Received on Sun Apr 18 1999 - 07:25:58 BST