22 Feb
2008
22 Feb
'08
4:55 a.m.
On Feb 21, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Doc Shipley wrote:
I keep wondering if the disk media could be "mounted" like a
specimen on a slide. Then a flying head wouldn't be an issue, and
multiple passes become possible.
Maybe something like the caddies used for old-style CD-ROM drives?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
In my humble opinion, what's really needed is a
quick and
reliable non-contact method of recovering floppy data. Perhaps
one of the more modern head technologies, such as GMR might be
suitable for a head that doesn't contact the media.
Would a non-contact head
'fly' properly at floppy speeds, though?
(I'm not sure how much more rotational speed you could get out of
a floppy, even jacketless - I suspect the media is just too flexible)