In a message dated 6/20/2006 10:01:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>the old Apple "Twiggy" drive (which appeared briefly >on the unlamented Lisa) varied its motor speed in order to pack more >data on those outer tracks while keeping the data transfer rate >constant. It was slow, since the rotational speed had to stabilize >after each seek. How bizarre. Didn't know about that. There's always more than one way to solve a problem. [There's another rule with no exceptions allowed. One or more exceptions soon to follow.] Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
