Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ames!amelia!wilbur.nas.nasa.gov!eugene From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Why not evacuate Disk drives. Summary: just passing thru Message-ID: <7592@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Date: 31 Jul 90 16:36:44 GMT References: Sender: news@amelia.nas.nasa.gov Reply-To: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 7 There are other alternatives to evacuation, long researched many years ago by IBM and others (I worked at Information Magnetics 2 summers). The easiest probably used sealed Helium. Advantages and disadvantages can be found in the literature. --e. nobuo miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene