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Re: [Q} Safety parking for ProDOS Hard Drive

I don't think any drive that used that controller (ST506??)
autoparked.  It wasn't until you got to SCSI drives
and IDE drives which are modified SCSI drives
to work with PC hardware.

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"Scott Alfter" <salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> In article <9ghp0n$chb$1@imsinews.kornet.net>,
> Kim Heui Jung <spix2000@kornet.net> wrote:
> >I'm using Apple IIe with Apple SCSI Card and 40MB hard drive.
> >And I'm installed in slot #4.
> >But I don't know how to parking when I turn off my Apple IIe.
> >I'm turn off it dircetly.
> >Please, let me know how to parking safe!
> >Or no problems on ProDOS?
>
> Unless it's a really ancient drive, it should auto-park.  (The only drive
I
> have that doesn't is the Seagate ST-225 in my PC/XT.  Even the refurbed
> Conner CP340 I bought back in '90 or '91 for my IIe auto-parked.)
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