Re: Comparisons of 2-gig AV drives?

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From: Mark Schultz
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:37

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In <48rc6c$qj7@wolfe.wimsey.com>, dougs@portal.ca (Doug Schmidt) writes:
>In article <48qk0q$3uc@kelewan.dandelion.com>,
>   "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com> wrote:
>>In article <nsx-2011950455130001@nsx-ppp.serv.net> nsx@serv.net (nsx) writes:
>>
>>  the only AV-drives is from MICROPOLIS. The word AV means it is AUDIO
>>  VISUAL compatible, which requires no or little THERMAL recalibration.
>>  None of the drives in the market are AV compatible besides the Micropolis
>>  AV series.
>>
>>Not quite.  Micropolis is the only manufacturer that has both AV and non-AV
>>models of the same drive, or sees a need to.
>
>Not quite either (or NQNQ for short).  I know that Seagate has now released 
>what they call their ASA-II code for the Barracuda 2 and 4 GB drives. 

The IBM Ultrastar series of drives fits into the AV (no thermal recal) 
category as well.

Mark Schultz [mschultz@watson.ibm.com] or [mds@henry.ece.cmu.edu]                                                                             
Guitar, Sound Engineering, Ultimate, SFB, Corvettes, Magnetics, and The Lord
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From: mschultz@watson.ibm.com (Mark Schultz)
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Subject: Re: Comparisons of 2-gig AV drives?
Date: 22 Nov 1995 15:37:00 GMT
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