On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:16:36 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: >Hmmm, the '80s called looking for their technology! :-) 3380s that is. >Which was back in the 80s. 2 actuators with each running heads on half of the >platters. Next thing is they'll invent an idea of putting 2 heads on each arm >to be able to read/write twice as much data with each revolution of the disk. >Oh wait, the 3380s had that too! > I recall (but can't find a reference) the StorageTek SuperDisk (8000?) which had a single rotary actuator with four arms on four separate spindles.
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