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To: Tumbleweed who wrote (9793)3/24/2000 9:39:00 PM
From: SBHX  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 60323
 
MO disks typically draw more current. 1st, they spn, so there's mechanical gears in there, and a motor. 2nd, it should takes more power to write each byte of data than flash.

I expect that unless battery capacity grows quickly, AA's are not going to power an MO drive very efficiently.

Of course, some extremely low power laser may change all that...