On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:03:06 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:08:16 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
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Foam (large sponge?) might be a good idea but the gimbal would be
overkill in my opinion. These things don't really care if they are
perfectly level or not. My laptops would have stopped working long
ago if that was the case.

Do you not use a disk drive?

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Of course.

Do you think a laptop disk drive cares about which way it's oriented?

Actually that's not my concern, but since you mentioned it, in a way
the read/record head does care how it flies over the surface of the
disk. Orientation (except for upside down) isn't really an issue
since they changed to voice coil actuation. However, the
manufacturers generally recommend a "standard" mount which I already
mentioned - the reason being that is how they are designed and tested
to work those ways.

I'm not recommending that you pick up your laptop and shake it or drop
it, but try picking it up and turning it in different directions. It
doesn't care. They would be unusable for their intended purpose
otherwise, and would come equipped with a bubble level on the cover.

So in your experience, you have not had vibration or shock problem
with the disc head on either the ROM or the memory disc?

Later,

Tom