Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!oscsuna.osc.edu!oscsunb.osc.edu!jan From: jan@oscsunb.osc.edu (Jan's Student) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: disk size ... Message-ID: <226@oscsuna.osc.edu> Date: 27 Jun 89 01:54:59 GMT References: <4167@merlin.usc.edu> <269@tardis.Tymnet.COM> <557@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com> Sender: news@oscsuna.osc.edu Reply-To: jan@oscsunb.UUCP (Jan's Student) Organization: Ohio Supercomputer Center Lines: 24 In article <557@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com> crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (Is it Friday yet?!?!?) Seaman) writes: >faulkner@jmullins.harvard.edu (Don Faulkner) writes: >< CLV Constant Linear Velocity >< (for constant data rate) >< Disk puts more data on outer tracks >< Disk spins faster on outer tracks > >Don't you mean SLOWER on the outer tracks? > No, in order to get the same amount of data in a larger track with a larger circumference (which is what the outer tracks are) the drive head must be spinning faster to cover the greater distance in the same amount of time. =============================================================================== John Michalos | Disclaimer: All of the above opinions are my Ohio Supercomputer Center | own and in no way reflect those of OSC jan@osc.edu | or Jan Labanowski. =============================================================================== -=- =============================================================================== John Michalos | Disclaimer: All of the above opinions are my Ohio Supercomputer Center | own and in no way reflect those of OSC jan@osc.edu | or Jan Labanowski.