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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Disk space for FREE (was Re: super high density formatters)
Message-ID: <1013@demott.COM>
Date: 21 Nov 90 00:24:19 GMT
References: <1990Nov20.201159.17450@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
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In article <1990Nov20.201159.17450@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Walk) writes:
>Think about how much easier it is to make the entire disk, test it,
>and throw away bad ones than to stop the production line just before the 
>extra notch is cut, test the disk, move the few medicore ones to the 
>720K disk line, and then cutting the notches in the rest of the disks.
>I believe it obvious why the 720K disks are make on a different line than the 
>1.44MB disks.


    Yeah, except for one thing - the disks are tested long before being
given a spindle or being put in a jacket - those very expensive steps
take place *after* the disk has been certified.


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