Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!clio!berger From: berger@clio.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Lot's of questions Message-ID: <16800021@clio> Date: Sun, 11-Jan-87 17:20:00 EST Article-I.D.: clio.16800021 Posted: Sun Jan 11 17:20:00 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Jan-87 05:39:30 EST References: <551@brl-sem.ARPA> Lines: 5 Nf-ID: #R:brl-sem.ARPA:551:clio:16800021:000:218 Nf-From: clio.Uiuc.ARPA!berger Jan 11 16:20:00 1987 The manufacturer told me that the oxide coating is actually a polymer, and that the head contacts the top few molecules. This accounts for the 5000 hour lifetime of the disk cartridges specified by the manufacturer.