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Chapter 6 - Power Manager / Power Manager Reference

Power Manager Dispatch Routines / Controlling the Hard Disk

IsSpindownDisabled
You can use the IsSpindownDisabled function to find out whether automatic hard disk spindown is enabled.
Boolean IsSpindownDisabled();
DESCRIPTION
The IsSpindownDisabled function returns a Boolean true if automatic hard disk spindown is disabled, or false if spindown is enabled.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION
The trap is _PowerMgrDispatch ($A09E). The selector value for IsSpindownDisabled is 8 ($08) in the low word of register D0. The Boolean result is passed in the low byte of register D0.