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To: Stitch who wrote (3322)	5/13/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: Frodo Baxter	Respond to of 9256

Bigfoot drives spin at a glacial 4000rpm. So? Look at an advert for any cheap Compaq, HP, or IBM. They almost never disclose access speed, let alone drive rotation. If QNTM had any performance margin on the 5.25 platform, they're going to use it to increase areal density, not speed. Quite right.

To: Stitch who wrote (3322)	5/13/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Tom Simpson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

>However, unless new mechanical solutions can be found that allows a >faster rotational speed Bigfoot would be constrained at reaching very >high transfer rates. Am I right? I don't think so Stitch. You get more density in the same real estate by more tracks or more bits per track or both. More bits per track should give you a higher transfer rate, rotation rate held constant. More tracks is just more space. Given its the cheap end of the market we are targeting, access speed and transfer rates probably matter a whole lot less than having enough storage capacity. Be nice if they could get enough on just one platter. Best....Tom