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PARK_HD.ACC by Dick Lee
April 2, 1989
PARK_HD.ACC is my first attempt at programming the hard disk
controller (HDC) in Pascal. The program was written with OSS
Personal Pascal. I guess I should mention that portions of
PARK_HD.ACC, mainly the library routines, are copyrighted by OSS
and CCD. This program has been placed into the public domain as
FREEWARE.
I wrote this program as a result of being tired of searching
for the head parking program (that came with the hard disk),
closing any windows displaying the directory of a hard disk
partition, and then running the parking program every time I
turned off my hard disk.
This accessory will park your hard disk's head in it's
shipping position. As with other parking programs, once you have
parked the head, you SHOULD NOT access any partition of the hard
disk... you'll hear weird noises and see some strange garbage on
your window. After PARK_HD.ACC has been selected, the head will
be parked, and a dialog box will appear telling you so. The LED
on the hard disk WILL STAY LIT (at least on my SH204), as a
reminder that the hard disk head has been parked. DON'T WORRY,
your hard disk isn't doing anything. You can now turn your hard
disk off. You should only need to execute this accessory once
per session. If you forgot something and wish to access the hard
disk again, you should first turn off the hard disk and then turn
it back on again; this will move the head back out.
I have only tested this program using one SH204 hard disk;
however, it should work with multiple hard disks. If you have
any questions or any suggestions, please send me a message; my
Compuserve PPN is [72717,1603].
Dick.