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From: john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hard disk questions
Message-ID: <422@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 01:27:57 EST
Article-I.D.: wa3wbu.422
Posted: Tue Dec  8 01:27:57 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 02:50:54 EST
References: <2312@unc.cs.unc.edu> <822@neoucom.UUCP>
Organization: WA3WBU, Marysville,PA
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Summary: Servo tracks are commonplace

In article <822@neoucom.UUCP>, wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
> 
> <>
> suppose a weakness of the 6085 is that it has a servo surface on
> one of the platters, that if messed up, would probably send the
> drive out to lunch.  I haven't seen that happen though.

   As far as I know most of the 40-70MB series of fast hard disks
use the servo track. I beleive they call it "closed-loop positioning"
or something. I beleive several of the Seagates use them as well. It
is true that if something happened to it, you'd be in trouble. But I
havn't heard of this either. Ive been using a Miniscribe 6085 in this
UNIX box which has been on 24 hrs a day for almost a year now. I can
speak very favorable of the Miniscribe units.

					John

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