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From: bhyde@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 800k drives faster?
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 13:48:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 13:48:00 1986
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Nf-From: inmet!bhyde    Jan 23 13:48:00 1986


I presume the drives are faster by virtue of improved seek time.
Most all that "grinding" noise your drives make is the heads
screwing back and forth.  If you peak into the slot, with a
flash light, you can watch the light reflect off the front
of the head.  It is amazing, in most disk bound applications
it never stops to read anything, it just hopelessly
tries to saw the disk in half and put it out of it's misery.
  - ben hyde, cambridge