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Article #1884Number of writes on an optifloppy
From: Sarge Gerbode
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1988 17:17
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1988 17:17
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A little while ago, I posted a query on WMRM optical drives. Not having yet received any replies, I thought I'd renew the request. What I'm curious about is -- is there any limit to the number of writes one could reasonably expect to be able to perform on an optifloppy? I would think there would be something analogous to "metal fatigue" involved in repeatedly heating material to its Curie point. Does anyone know if there have been tests showing how many writes at a particular location on the disc one could reasonably expect before the material at that location on the disc breaks down? I would have thought this point would have been thoroughly nailed down by someone. If it's a dumb question, please reply by email and accept my apologies. -- -------------------- Sarge Gerbode -- UUCP: pyramid!thirdi!metapsy!sarge Institute for Research in Metapsychology 950 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!mcdchg!chinet!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!pyramid!thirdi!metapsy!sarge From: sarge@metapsy.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Number of writes on an optifloppy Message-ID: <552@metapsy.UUCP> Date: 28 Oct 88 17:17:26 GMT Reply-To: sarge@metapsy.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Organization: Metapsychology, Woodside, CA Lines: 20