Bruce Toback's idyllic narrative about a 7933 dumped in a lake has brought
tears to my eyes.  It does however, underline that Bruce is definitely not a
shipyard architect.  If he were, I would hope that his ships would hold
water..., on the outside.  An HP7933, whilst having a specific gravity less
than water, is definitely in the category of sieve on the seaworthyness
scale, so that when the water fills up most of the empty space underneath the
drive mech, the space in the filter areas and such, the only floatation areas
would be the disc pack area itself, which will ultimately flood anyway.  I
draw your attention to one of the recent competitors for the America's Cup
challenge.  That ship went down quickly and I am sure that it was designed
better that a disc drive for boat purposes.
 
 
At the interment, I suggest the song: On a Clear Disk, You Can Seek Forever.
 
About the last wish of the disc drive, not wanting to have a single molecule
used in an IBM PC, I understand and applaud the decision.  It has worked hard
all its life, it does not want to work anymore, ever again :-).
 
Kind regards,
 
Denys. . .