http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/66...scription.html

Excerpt:

"FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment for the staggered startup of
HDDs 251-254 at an HDD interface. At process block 310, electrical power
is received from the computer system 100 power supply (not shown) at HDDs
251-254. As described above, a platter within an HDD will not immediately
begin the spinning cycle upon being powered up. The spinning cycle will
not begin as long as the RESET signal received from programmable logic 260
is asserted."

Doh!

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Trent <(E-Mail Removed).****off> wrote:
> http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/66...scription.html

> Excerpt:

> "FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment for the staggered startup of
> HDDs 251-254 at an HDD interface. At process block 310, electrical power
> is received from the computer system 100 power supply (not shown) at HDDs
> 251-254. As described above, a platter within an HDD will not immediately
> begin the spinning cycle upon being powered up. The spinning cycle will
> not begin as long as the RESET signal received from programmable logic 260
> is asserted."

> Doh!

Interestingly, this is both intuitive and several people here
knew it.

However, do not worry too much about Rod, he is a long-term regular
here and he used to be much worse. Today he often gives reasonable
or even good advice. He just sometimes cannot admit it when he is
wrong.

Arno

Advising filtering Roddy out. I forgot he existed for months.
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Timothy Daniels <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "Arno" murmured:
>> However, do not worry too much about Rod, he is a long-term regular
>> here and he used to be much worse. Today he often gives reasonable
>> or even good advice. He just sometimes cannot admit it when he is
>> wrong.

> "Sometimes"? <LOL>

;-)

Arno

"Rod Speed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Some gut
>
>

Some predictable jackass spewing forth the same old drivel because it's too
set in it's ways and unimaginative to come up with something original. I'm
sure the alarming and disturbing "child" reference will follow soon.

Some terminal ****wit claiming to be
Keith Wilby wrote just what you'd expect from a terminal ****wit.

Just filter Roddy out. It's a really nice group that way.
--
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"Ed Light" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0067180a$0$19499$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Just filter Roddy out. It's a really nice group that way.
> --

The boring cnut cures my insomnia ;-)

"Rod Speed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> just what you'd expect from a terminal ****wit.
>
>

What's one of those then? I'm not familiar with the term. It appears to be
meaningless.

Some pathetic little gutless ****wit desperately cowering behind
Bilky White wrote just what you'd expect from a desperately
cowering gutless ****wit.