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About the LEDs, are they for different functions (i.e. red indicating writes, and blue indicating reads)?
Also, if you created the HD with a transparent case, use one of those so it can run with a cover on it (dust will still mess up the arms even though the head is removed.) |
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Have to admit though, it is a good idea. BUN! |
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Cool, and like you said, has a potential for a teaching tool. Too many people don't bother to learn the basic mechanics of a computer as it is. |
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//Too many people don't bother to learn the basic mechanics of a computer as it is.//
br>That would be because most people don't need to, and it wouldn't be any help even if they did. It's not as though you can mend a dead hard drive on the kitchen table. How extensive is your knowledge of how your TV and VCR work? |
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With all the intense rapid movement of fast drives controlled by complex operating systems, all you would see is a violet blur. |
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