On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > I remember at least one manufacturer >recommending it for their > >> drive(s) if they were ever tilted through 90 degrees - >presumably > there >> were tiny effects on the head positioning and so not >doing a > LLF would >> result in problems. >> > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Ali via cctalk wrote: > >> This was pretty common wisdom back in the day. Not quote sure how wise it >> was but it was generally recommended in the magazines of the time. I >> remember reading an article about it in PC Magazine. >> > > There were some interesting discussions of that when companies, such as > Compaq, first started to put hard drives in portables! > A lot of the conventional wisdom of the time has turned out to be not so wise... Warner
