3 Apr
1998
3 Apr
'98
6 a.m.
<I may be wrong, but I thought the RL01/RL02 needed a seek to even switch
<heads to guarantee the #0 and #1 head were on cyl when reading/writing.
Head 0/1 are on opposite sides of the platter so they will always be on
the same cylinder. So there are 512 cylinders of two heads, 40 sectors
of 256 bytes per track (one head/side of a cylinder).
There are a lot of ways to organize that physical layout.
Allison
3 Apr
3 Apr
6:36 a.m.
<I may be wrong, but I thought the RL01/RL02 needed a seek to even switch
<heads to guarantee the #0 and #1 head were on cyl when reading/writing.
Head 0/1 are on opposite sides of the platter so they will always be on
the same cylinder. So there are 512 cylinders of two heads, 40 sectors
of 256 bytes per track (one head/side of a cylinder).
If my memory is correct:
Not if the alignment is off, since the embedded servo will not check
until the head is selected and then it will notice it's not on track.
I may be wrong. It's a while since aligning RL02's with toggle in's.
Anyone got the theory of ops on one?
There are a lot of ways to organize that physical
layout.
Allison
Bill
Bill
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