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To: Z Analyzer who wrote (7183)	10/5/1999 8:55:00 PM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (2) of 9256

<A silver lining in IBM's areal density announcement was that the record was acheived at a track density of 67,300 tracks per inch. Supposedly anything over about 30,000 tracks per inch requires microactuation, which Hutchinson has patented. > The eventual need for microactuation is probably sure, but for these tests, it has always been my understanding that they are based on a single disk on a spin stand with a suspension that does not move across tracks, but just writes to a single track. That's why it takes so long to bring these great densities to market. Regards, Mark

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