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To: Dave Chanoux who wrote (11477)3/18/1998 6:14:00 PM
From: Spots  Respond to of 12298
 
The labels lie on those old Caviars because the drive
lies to the bios so the bios won't know that the drive has
more physical cylinders than it can handle. Do the
drive numbers begin with 3 (like 30340 or some such)?
If so, they are three-platter technology.

If you look at some of the later disks, even the 2-platter
ones, the label will still tell you 12 heads.

This isn't false advertising (why should you care?):
The label lies because it has to tell you the number to
enter into the user-configured disk settings in the
bios (Type 47 as I recall). anything over about 100 MB
or so is Type 47 for these old clunkers.

One platter would be about the minimum, I'd reckon <ggg>.



To: Dave Chanoux who wrote (11477)3/19/1998 5:27:00 AM
From: Stitch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12298
 
Dave,

Your are quite right to point out that the number of heads and platters per drive are diminishing. Thats one of the reasons I have been bearish on the whole group of independent head/media suppliers. The other reasons include over capacity, fierce competition, and misteps at Komag, AMC, Read-Rite, and STMD.

Best,
Stitch


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