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From: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
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Subject: Re: Wren Runner Drives
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Date: 7 Feb 91 14:44:42 GMT
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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.



Josh




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