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To: Spots who wrote (11913)5/13/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: Stitch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12298
 
Spots, Zeev *OT*

The first systems I ever worked with had the drums you described in a fixed head per track array. When one head crashed the resultant spew of oxide particles would cause the other heads to crash, and the computer room would be filled with oxide dust. You are right Spots..system crashes ain't what they used to be...thank goodness.

By the way Zeev....in terms of invention does your firm do chemical/drug design as well? How about a non-prescription combo of viagra and rogaine. We could sell it to Porsche dealers as a premium to give to new Porsche owners. (Sorry...its getting late here)

Best,
Stitch



To: Spots who wrote (11913)5/15/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: Mike M  Respond to of 12298
 
Spots;
Mount half of the drives upside down, yields a net
angular momentum equal to zero. I've heard at
least one credible story of a Computer Science
research lab who learned this the hard way some
15-20 years ago. They powered up their new array
(consisting of some large 10 MB disks or drums).
The cabinet spun twice and precessed rather
dramatically onto its side. An expensive lesson.

M


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