4 Dec
2008
4 Dec
'08
9:30 p.m.
On 3 Dec 2008 at 16:36, Chris M wrote:
the read/write heads themselves couldn't be made
to run at lower
speeds, for instance? Something in the mechanism and materials
disallows this?
Condider that on modern drives, R/W circuitry isn't all that simple.
You might have GMR heads, certainly have PRML read processing. The
other concern is that the heads and associated circuitry are likely
optimized for the denisty and recording mode. You're in analog
country, buckaroo, and things aren't digitally simple any more.
Cheers,
Chuck