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-  Pulling the secondary drive out of the rack takes an unusual amount of
+  Jack stands bowed down in front of the half-height rack, pulling on
-  force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged
+  the handles of the secondary hard drive. It takes an unusual amount
-  forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point
+  of force to pull out. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as
-  where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter
+  they get dragged forward. He struggles for a while but, eventually,
-  are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding the assembly in
+  he gets the drive far enough out to fully expose the top cover with
-  place, then he slides it forward and lifts it out, revealing the
+  its compartment for a removable platter.<br />
-  circuit boards, motor, and the spindle with fixed platters beneath.
+  <span class="quote speech">Anything in here? ... nope.</span><br />
-  A fine silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the
+  He undoes the thumb screws holding the assembly in place and lifts it
-  upper-most platter shows where one of the heads had crashed &ndash;
+  out, revealing the the spindle with fixed platters, circuit boards, and
-  a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this might still be recoverable.
+  the motor beneath.
-  He undoes two more thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the
+</p>
-  drive comes off. Using a crank-driven flashlight <span class="comment">
+<p>
-  Is that the right way to describe this?</span> that he had found in one
+  He takes a close look at the upper-most platter. The brown surface
-  of the desk cabinets, he inspects the three platters: The one on top
+  coating is perfectly smooth &ndash; apart from an almost invisibly fine
-  turns out to be the outlier, both of the other platters have thick
+  groove along its edge. Most likely the result of a crashed head but it
-  silver-y white stripes lining their edges.
+  looks like it might still be salvageable. He undoes two more thumb screws
+  on the inside and the drive&apos;s front cover comes off. To get a better
+  look, he takes the lamp off the desk and places it on the floor,
+  pointing it at the drive. The light reveals an ugly surprise: The other
+  three platters on the spindle get progressively worse. The second one
+  has a deep silver groove, the one below has two grooves, and the last
+  platter has a thick, silver-y white stripe lining its edge.<br />
   <span class="quote speech">Well, there goes that pipe dream.</span>
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-  Jack puts the drive back together. Hopefully, he will get the manual for
+  Jack puts the drive back together and pushes it back into the rack.
-  the door from Annie, otherwise he&apos;ll have to dig his way out of the
+  Hopefully, Annie can get him the manual for the door, otherwise
-  bunker somehow. <span class="quote speech">But enough of that for
+  he&apos;ll have to somehow dig his way out of the bunker.
-  now</span>, Jack thinks and puts the thought aside for a while. Now, he
+  <span class="quote non-speech">But enough of that for now</span>,
-  needs a way to entertain himself until the evening.
+  Jack thinks and puts the thought aside for a while. Now, he needs a way
+  to entertain himself until the evening.
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   This has been moved here from chapter 1 &quot;Wake Up&quot;. It should
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 $ cd outpost
 $ ls
 comms comms_diag event logbook
-$ cat logbook &gt; /dev/ttyS1
+$ cat logbook &gt; /dev/lp0
 $ &#9608;
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