At 06:42 AM 5/22/99 -0000, you wrote:
>In fact, I just bought an IBM 22G 7200 RPM IDE drive for $419 a week ago.
>I plan to put one of these in my car as part of a Linux-based sound system.
>Anyone have good ideas about shock-mounting?  :-)

Hi Eric,

I've had one in my car for 7 months now. I squeezed all the boards and the
drive into as small a box as I could, and put it under the passenger seat
in my car. The padded carpet is all the shock-mounting it gets. I don't
think it's a problem. The drive is a 3.5 gig Maxtor, but I got a new 17
gig(also Maxtor) that I'll put in the next one. Different drive
manufacturers have different specs regarding operating shock and vibration.
IBM and Maxtor seem to have the highest ratings. This drive has never
glitched. I don't know how temperature would affect it - it's fairly
temperate where I am. I imagine freezing temperatures could be a problem. I
also went with a slower(5400 rpm) drive because it is quieter.

>Naturally I'll use a pair of PICs in the remote control system.

I still haven't finished my remote control - currently using a Tandy model
102 :-(

http://www.bobblick.com/bob/projects/yamm/index.html if you want to take a
look.

Cheers,
Bob