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From: phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RLL controllers with MFM drives
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Date: 24 Oct 89 03:00:22 GMT
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In article <4273@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes:
|       Contrary to your assertion, plated media is NOT the sole
|basic difference in RLL-rated drives. The biggest single difference
|is in the use of VOICE COIL technology in the armature control
|mechanism. This is what allows the mush more closely controlled
|head movement demanded by RLL. The plated media simply makes

Here we have a self-proclaimed professional who hasn't the faintest
idea what he's talking about. I think you're just a parts-swapper, at
best. Tell me, smart guy, what is RLL and how does it work? Then you
can tell me what voice coils have to do with it. 

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