Re: 4GB Drives: Who's better Seagate or Quantum

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From: Kevin Martinez
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 00:18

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proverbs@wolfenet.com (Chris Pirih) writes:

>Do you have any evidence that seeking generates more heat than spinning?
>Your reasoning seems sound, but my informal "finger testing" contradicts
>it. 

Try touching (use the topside of your fingers if you're brave!) the VCM 
drivers on any high performance disk drive before and after running a 
test that causes extensive seeking for some empirical evidence.

You may windup having a logo branded onto your finger. I wear the Hitachi 
"H" proudly!

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Subject: Re: 4GB Drives: Who's better Seagate or Quantum
Date: 4 Nov 1995 00:18:31 GMT
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