But it sounds good doesn't it. And on an oscilloscope, a 1v pk-to-pk
square wave will indeed on average be using up more of the available
space than the same pk-to-pk sine wave. Of course if we were to carry
that analogy through to its logical conclusion, recording louder music
ought to require a greater area of tape to record on also, which we all
know it doesnt :o)
But I bet I could convince 9 out of 10 peeps by the usual "baffle them
with bullsh!t" approach :o)
PrinceGaz. -- "An ye harm none, do what ye will"
From: "Stainless Steel Rat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * "Francisco J. Huerta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 02 Jun 2001
> | So, how about explaining why he is wrong? I mean, it's very easy to say "no,
> | nah, ni", but it is a bit more complex to say why. I know the reasons, but I
> | would definitely leave the explaining to an expert.
>
> Square waves taking more space. Just plain BS. The shape of a wave has no
> bearing whatsoever on how much "space" is required to store it.
>
> DDS-2 and DDS-3 (two of the DAT data standards) have nearly identically
> length tapes (120m vs. 125m), and have the same linear speed over the
> heads. DDS-3 has three times the storage capacity as DDS-2. Clearly,
> speed is not a contributing factor to data density.
>
> Doesn't require an expert to show that Jacob has a lot of completely bogus
> information.
> --
> Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.
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