Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!bbn.com!nic!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos!aland From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Wren Runner Drives Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 91 21:41:58 GMT References: <947@nih-csl.nih.gov> <37075@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) Organization: None Whatsoever Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu's message of 7 Feb 91 14:44:42 GMT In article <37075@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: In article <947@nih-csl.nih.gov> jmurphy@helix.nih.gov writes: >Does anyone have experience with the Wren Runner 330mb drive >that APS sells? How does it compare to the non "runner" 300mb drive? >Any what does the "runner" technology give you? My understanding is that a 330 Meg Wren Runner is really a 660 Meg regular Wren on which only half of each platter is used. This cuts the area the head must seek over, and therefore cust the average access times, in half. Any idea of price? (I know we could call but the price might tell us whether it's worth it...) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan D. Danziger, | 753 South St,Waltham MA 02154 | "What a drag, aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | MB 3130 / Brandeis University | it is, (617) 894-6859 or 647-3720 | PO Box 9110 Waltham MA 02254 | getting old" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan D. Danziger, | 753 South St,Waltham MA 02154 | "What a drag, aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | MB 3130 / Brandeis University | it is, (617) 894-6859 or 647-3720 | PO Box 9110 Waltham MA 02254 | getting old" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan D. Danziger, | 753 South St,Waltham MA 02154 | "What a drag, aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu | MB 3130 / Brandeis University | it is,