From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on

I meant with modern technology, we could have just moved the heads to
read-write the platters.

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From: mscotgrove on
On May 4, 1:03 pm, "Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)"
<toylet.toy...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I meant with modern technology, we could have just moved the heads to
> read-write the platters.
>
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The closest I can think of this would be an optical bar code reader.

I think the transfer rate, and data density will always mean that the
data moves, rather than the heads

Michael
From: Arno on
"Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> I meant with modern technology, we could have just moved the heads to
> read-write the platters.

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Not really. Spinning is the easiest precise way to move a flat
surface. Also in magnetic media you need the data surface to
move with respect to the heads, otherwise no (easy) reading.

Arno
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From: gumby on
On 04/05/2010 5:03 AM, Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote:
>
> I meant with modern technology, we could have just moved the heads to
> read-write the platters.
>
Never heard of SS HDDs?