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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Lot's of questions
Message-ID: <551@brl-sem.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 16:22:30 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-sem.551
Posted: Thu Jan  1 16:22:30 1987
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References: <9073FIB@PSUVM> <2750@osu-eddie.UUCP> <434@catnip.UUCP>
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Summary: Guess again, Chucko.
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In article <434@catnip.UUCP>, ben@catnip.UUCP (Bennett Broder) writes:
> The reason that Bernoulli boxes can't suffer from head crashes is because
> the r/w head always contacts the media, just like a floppy disk.
Wrong, the bernoulli box is immune from head crashes because it the heads
are designed to be able to hit the media, but they are not always in contact
with the media.  They achieve their faster turning rates over floppies by
forcing air under the heads.

> No doubt the Bernoulli box is a good product, but its strengths lie
> in its removable media and ruggedness, not in its speed and performance.

Well, it is better than floppies.