Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:02:28 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, imp@village.org, aflundi@lundin.abq.nm.us, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade Message-ID: <199611010602.WAA21132@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 31 Oct 96 21:16:08 -0800. <7636.846825368@time.cdrom.com>
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>> It's not that hard, really. You just have to tilt the case slightly
>> so the disks spin "down hill". That gives them the extra little bit
>> of velocity you need to get the extra minute.
>This only works north of the equator, I'm afraid. In the southern
>hemisphere you'll actually lose a minute by doing this.
Oh well, yeah, if you get American disks.
But if you get drives designed for markets in the southern hemisphere,
which spin the other direction, then it will work.
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