On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Dan wrote:
>> It's done by a voice-coil "motor", not a stepper motor, and no >> springs. > > Ok. Guess I was thinking of one of the large HDAs that we took apart > after a crash, back in my college days. It definitely had springs - > two of 'em on each arm. Next time you get a dead HDD, tear it down. Good info on how drives are made nowadays,and you get two of the strongest damn refrigerator magnets you'll ever need. I have a hdd magnet on my fridge holding up about 15 pages of recipes. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
