Why not a solid state drive - compact flash, etc.  You can get them in 1G
sizes at good prices these days.

Andy

At 11:44 AM 1/5/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey folks, and Happy New Year from Trinidad!
>
>Thinking of a way to mount a laptop hard-drive for use in an automobile for
>maximum shock/bump/jolt protection.  During testing some weeks ago,
>everytime I hit a hard bump, the system would crash.  First, I'm working on
>moving working data/files to a ramdisk to help prevent the crashing, but I'd
>also like to mount the drive properly.  I've tried the rubber
>vibration-absorbing mounts used on servos, but they haven't solved the
>problem.
>
>Low profile is better, so my best other idea (so far untested) is to use 4
>springs, one at each drive corner, going radially outwards (horizontal) and
>attached to the case.  The drive may sag a bit, so I'd add a small piece of
>rubber-foam above and below the drive as dampers.  Perhaps a square inch or
>so for each piece.  This would also keep a hard jolt from swinging the drive
>enough to bang against the enclosure floor or ceiling.
>
>Anyone have thoughts on doing this, or done something similar?
>
>Cheers,
>-Neil.
>
>--
>http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us!
>email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList
mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu