ded@aplvax.UUCP (03/22/84)
Here's a question about hard disks. No, that's not true. Here are TWO questions about hard disks. 1. Has anyone ever taken a hard disk aboard a Navy ship (or similar rough operational environment)? If so, did it operate properly? 2. I see hard disk advertisements claiming 9.7 Mbit interfaces. How valid is this spec? Namely, can the disks lay the data down on the platter at this speed? Or do these fast interfaces feed a much slower process? Whoops, I've actually asked FIVE questions, haven't I? Omigosh, now there's SIX questions, isn't there? Am I caught in an infinite loop? Thanks for any help with the above? -- Don Davis JHU/APL ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded ...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded
SHahn@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (03/27/84)
From: Sam Hahn <SHahn@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> Don't have info on ship-board drives, but the 10Mbit transfer rate is, if I recall correctly, a new proposed standard known as ESDI, an outgrowth of the ST506 5Mbit standard. This was proposed because(!) of the higher storage density possible on new media, and for burst transfers, DOES transfer at 10Mbit/sec. -- shahn@sumex -------