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On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 11:00:08 -0400, axel hartmann wrote: >On Sonntag, 17. August 1997 20:48, Gene J wrote: >>> >As for drive prices, the latest catalog from Insight (www.insight.com) >>> >listed a 2.1GB/12.7mm Seagate drive for $299, eye opening for me, now all >>> >I need is a torx T6, a power drill, a rubber mallet >>> >>> just curious, but, ummm, would you care to elaborate on that? >>> I believe the times when a hammer/mallet was standard equipment >>> with Seagate drives are over. (the heads used to stick to the >>> magnetic surface, preventing the drive from spinning up - but >>> that was in the 40MB-days... a whack with a hammer (or dropping >>> the whole computer a few inches) usually did the job...) >> >>I was kidding about the rubber mallet. :) > >And I was just reading an article on "percussive maintenance"... > >axel > > > Well it does work. PK