working magnetic drum stores?

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Thu Apr 1 12:39:33 2004

>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com> writes:

 Pete> On Apr 1, 9:39, Paul Koning wrote:
>> >>>>> "Tony" == Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> writes:

 Tony> You hope... If the power fails and your NiCd pack isn't any
 Tony> good, then the heads will land on the platter with nasty
 Tony> results...
>> NiCd? You must be thinking of the big capacitors (not batteries)
>> that do the emergency head retract in the event of powerfail.

 Pete> Erm, in my RK05s there are NiCd packs which provide the power,
 Pete> and no capacitors in the way.

I must have been thinking about the larger drives (RP04 and
friends)...

            paul
Received on Thu Apr 01 2004 - 12:39:33 BST