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- DiskPark by Simcha Lerner
- Version 1.00, November 1984
-
- This program is a utility that will locate all hard disks in the system
- and move their heads to the inner-most cylinder. It will give status
- messages for each drive encountered. This program uses the hard disk
- ROM BIOS calls as documented in the IBM Tech Ref for the XT. This has
- been tested on a Compaq Plus without any problems. It will work on PC
- compatible machines and non-IBM hard disks only if they are fully
- compatible at the BIOS level. All other I/O is through DOS so that you
- can use this via a re-directed console.
-
- The ability to exit back to DOS is to allow you to park the disk if you
- are going to leave the machine for a while. EXITING TO DOS CAN UN-PARK
- THE HARD DISK, SO DO NOT EXIT TO DOS IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO POWER OFF YOUR
- MACHINE. In order to exit back to DOS, hit three carriage returns
- slowly. The program flushes the buffer before each character to avoid
- accidental activation.
-
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- * *
- * IMPORTANT: *
- * *
- * This program does NOT lock the heads. If you intend to move your *
- * system, run the utility that came with it for that purpose. *
- * *
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