Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.ARPA (Comfy chair) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.periphs Subject: Re: an idea for higher capacity disks Message-ID: <22218@rochester.ARPA> Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 21:39:55 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.22218 Posted: Thu Nov 6 21:39:55 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Nov-86 23:37:53 EST References: <1256@hoptoad.uucp> <273@csustan.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (Comfy chair) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 8 Xref: watmath net.arch:4197 net.periphs:1281 Summary: but you *have* to write faster anyway Wait a minute. If we are talking about constant angular velocity (CAV) disks, then the surface moves faster under the head on the outer tracks. Then to fit more sectors in you'd have to write the bits faster, so you would still have to change the clock rate. Am I missing something here? Ken