16 Nov
2003
16 Nov
'03
2:24 p.m.
On the HP 7906 drives in the AN/USM-429 CAT IIID (Automated Test
Equipment), the single fixed platter had one side for the servo code
that told the heads where they were located, and one side for data, the
OS (RTE IVB baby, yeah!) and some extra space you could use for other
programs. The single removable platter was where the test programs were
kept...
TTFN
Andrew
On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 19:22, der Mouse wrote:
Really? Isn't it usual to not use the top surface of the top platter
and the bottom surface of the bottom platter?
Or am I somehow exposing ignorance of the hardware being discussed?
I agree having that steel ball touching media is BAD
day. :-)
[...]. Still not good on the media I wouldn't think. Odd.