On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 01:06:18AM +0200, Stefan Bethke wrote: > > Early reports from Mac enthusiast sites (and I believe similar > reports from IBM users) indicate that the hysteresis is so small that > gently pounding the table the notebook is sitting on will make the > drive park the heads, and lead to 10 to 20 seconds delay before the > drive can be accessed again.
Watching the real time status of IBM APS shows that my T42 will auto ignore "repetiive shock", of hte sort that I can cause by holding the thing in my lap and and typing this message with a little more force than I normally hit the keys. > > Given how tightly coupled mechanically the HD in most notebooks is to > it's shell, it seems a very good idea to pursue. > > If you have access to a new(ish) PowerBook, I recommend checking out > http://www.kernelthread.com/software/ams/. The sensitivity of the > accelerometer is truely astounding. (For those who haven't seen it: > you turn the notebook, and the demo window is turned so it stays > level. It takes *really* small movements to confuse the system.) > The IBM ThinkPads have a similiar applicaiton in the Active protection system properties control panel, under the real-time status tab. It's pretty cool to watch. David _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
