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From: jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Keane)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Disk drives -- speed of?
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Date: 20 Apr 88 10:51:39 GMT
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> But why make the disk spin faster, if the head cannot get to the TRACK
> quickly?Because every OS i've heard of tries to make keep logically adjacent
blocks in the same track.  So only a small fraction of block reads are
accompanied by track seeks.

--Joe