26 Mar
2004
26 Mar
'04
9:56 a.m.
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
Actually some drums have flying heads, Bryant at one time had drums with
flying heads and a slightly conical drum, so that the drum could be lifted to
approach the heads when the drum was up to "flying" speed...
Peter Wallace
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Jules Richardson wrote:
The big difference is that the disk has flying heads which essentially
set their own working clearance, the drum has haads fixed to the chassis
(which are adjustable for running height when the drum is set up). You
need a pretty low run-out in a drum's bearings. Just out of curiousity, does anyone still have a
working drum storage
device? wondering if any working examples have survived...
I've got a fixed head disk drive...kinda sorta like a drum except it's a