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Article #185I/O
From: Peter W. Brewer
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 1990 23:20
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 1990 23:20
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In article <6662@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes: >In article <39284@mips.mips.COM> mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) writes: > >>1) I/O will always be a problem, for all of the usual design reasons, > > "When you can give me disks which rotate significantly > faster than 3600 RPM, then we can start talking." > --Don Senzig > Time for wide, short, dense, and durable tapes.. tape media holds more than optical disks, and winchesters and can be made faster and virtually random... I think Seymour spoke about the future of tapes once upon a time.. CDs.. nope the holes can only be so small, better tape technology beats 'em. Where is Nakimichi when you need them ;-) Peter -- Peter Brewer |||| ||||| ||||||||| |||||| //|||||\ |||||| lerici@super.org || ||__ || || || || || THE Supercomputing || || ||^^^^^^\\ || || || Research Center ~~~ |||||||| ||||| || || ||||| \\|||||/ ||||||
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!super!lerici From: lerici@super.ORG (Peter W. Brewer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.super Subject: I/O Message-ID: <27502@metropolis.super.ORG> Date: 13 Jun 90 23:20:02 GMT Sender: news@super.ORG Reply-To: lerici@metropolis.UUCP (Peter W. Brewer) Organization: Supercomputing Research Center, Bowie, Md. Lines: 24