Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!clio!berger From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hard disk questions Message-ID: <16800166@clio> Date: 11 Dec 87 22:41:00 GMT References: <822@neoucom.UUCP> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:neoucom.UUCP:822:clio:16800166:000:396 Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger Dec 11 16:41:00 1987 Nothing wrong with embedded servo drives: Some disk controllers can't handle them properly, and you'd better be awfully sure not to use a 'scope probe on the head for the control surface. It doesn't take much current to erase the track marks! Mike Berger Center for Advanced Study University of Illinois berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu {ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!berger