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Re: Many Questions/ some answers

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From: Stefan M. Vorkoetter
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1986 15:36
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In article <650@imsvax.UUCP> ted@imsvax.UUCP (Ted Holden) writes:
>...  Most interesting of the lot will be a
>drive which writes 8 bits STRAIGHT DOWN THROUGH THE MEDIA, rather than
>in a pattern across it as has always been the case heretofore.

Not quite.  It writes EACH bit through the media, not flat on the surface
as before.  The individual bits are still strung out serially.
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From: smvorkoetter@watmum.UUCP (Stefan M. Vorkoetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Many Questions/ some answers
Message-ID: <745@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 10:36:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 19 10:36:51 1986
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