Carl Lowenstein wrote:
On 9/25/07, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But even *ONE* dust particle (or even smaller, a smoke particle) would
have wreaked havoc. I recall being told that a smoke particle clinging
to the platter hitting one of the heads would be akin to a 747 flying 20
feet off the ground and finding a 30 foot diameter boulder.
Roughly speaking, that describes disk technology of about 25 years
ago, when the bits were almost big enough to see with the naked eye.
The data density has increased by many orders of magnitude, with
corresponding decreases in flying height.
carl
... accompanied by corresponding increases in flying speed?
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Ralph
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