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From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
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Subject: Are all hard drives with odd # of heads the voice coil type?
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Date: 1 May 91 14:08:44 GMT
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	When I see that a drive has an odd number of heads, do I ALWAYS
know that the missing head is used as a servo track for positioning
a voice coil head assembly over the proper track?

	And that ALL drives with an even number of heads is a drive
with a head assembly positioned by a stepper motor?

Thanks.

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