Disk Capacity....

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Wed Jul 14 15:34:07 2004

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 16:40, David V. Corbin wrote:

> I am well aware that there are significant reasons why this is a
> "non-real-world" comparision [I worked at Veeco Instruments for a numver of
> years developing IBE/IBD tools for the manufacturer of disk drive heads].

D'OH! Sorry.

> It is just an "interesting" comparision. A wall of RP06's is less than 0.5%
> the capacity of a single IDE/ATA hard drive.

It is highly amusing I agree! The rotating memory in my LGP-21 is 80
bits/inch -- you can *see* 'em if you apply that magnetic dust fluid!

I stopped following disk tech back when Partial Read/Maximum Likelihood
(PMRL) was high tech, which was scary enough. It's getting Deeply Weird
(and utterly normal to those who grow up with it).
Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 15:34:07 BST