[Gllug] re: winchester discs

[Henrik Morsing]

> the winchester technology differed radically in that
> a) the heads flew closer and 'landed' on a specially lubricated zone when
> the discs were powered down
> b) the heads were moved by a radial actuator instead of the straight in-out
> method of the older discs
>
> The original winchester discs whilst being more compact than their older
> ancestors were still huge by todays standards. But I believe the underlying
> technology is still much the same; just shrunk somewhat.

>From webopedia:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Winchester_disk_drive.html

I don't know if you can trust webopedia though...

Cheers
Henrik Morsing
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