Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!osu-eddie!mdf From: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs Subject: Re: Lot's of questions Message-ID: <2815@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Jan-87 22:19:10 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.2815 Posted: Sat Jan 3 22:19:10 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 22:01:51 EST References: <9073FIB@PSUVM> <2750@osu-eddie.UUCP> <434@catnip.UUCP> <551@brl-sem.ARPA> Reply-To: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) Organization: InfoSolv Corporation; Columbus, OH. (guest Ohio State U.) Lines: 23 Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:782 comp.periphs:94 Summary: In <551@brl-sem.ARPA> ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) writes: >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. Wrong, the Bernoulli Box is immune from head crashes because the media is designed to be in contact with the head (like a floppy). Also, when the drive sustains a shock, the media falls away from the head, because the air flow that pushes the media against the head gets interrupted. -- < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark D. Freeman mdf@osu-eddie.uucp InfoSolv Corporation mdf@Ohio-State.arpa 6099 Riverside Drive ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!mdf Dublin, OH 43017 Guest account at The Ohio State University (614) 761-8444 < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >