Better than Kansas which is flatter than a pancake...
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html
Thibouille wrote:
Well, actually not.
Belgium is as flat as 40mm pancake :)
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Thibouille
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Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x ...
2005/5/24, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Which was exactly the point of the post. Some people don't know about the
limitations of the drives, and many people who live at lower elevations
take trips and vacations into the mountains. In many parts of the world
that means elevations above 9000 feet. Just driving around the western
part of the US puts you at higher elevations frequently. I believe
Thibouille lives in or near a mountainous area and the post was a heads-up
if he does and is considering using a microdrive. You seem to have a
problem with my posting the information.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So don't use it in those applications... that specification does not
equate
with 'don't work well'.
For you who lives essentially at sea level, it wouldn't be a problem.
Luminous Landscape has an article regarding microdrive usage.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/4gb-hitachi.shtml
Tom C.
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:47:13 -0700
Microdrives don't work well, and may even fail to work, at high
altitudes,
above 9,000 feet.
From IBM:
"The Microdrive does need "AIR" to float the heads and typically above
10,000 ft the mass of the air is too low and the drive requires a
pressurized environment similar to an aircraft or spacecraft. At high
altitude the air bearings begin to loose support from the air molecules
needed to provide the "air bearing" for the Negative Air Bearing Surface
(NABS) design of the head. If this "air bearing" is removed or lowered
(as
is the case with low density air at high altitudes) the head damages the
media and you could have loss of data. The drive is vented to maintain
equal pressure inside and outside to provide the air and to maintain the
same pressure. This eliminates the need for sealed and rigid covers that
can tolerate pressure differences.
The OEM Functional specification defines the warranty range for operating
altitude as 3,000 M or 9,000 ft (3ft/M) ...."
Shel
From: Thibouille
I guess normal is:
* faster ?
* less power consumption
while Microdrive is:
* cheaper :D
While I'm at it, does High Speed card really matter in a D/Ds? Or is
it only useful when reading back in a card reader on the Computer?
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