On 12/04/2014 02:05 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: > . The device was the size of a large drawer, weighing > about 50 kg, and ran continously without failure (and > without back up system) up until we switched it all off to > make room for a more modern system. The disk made it more > than 30 years without repairs. OK, in the VERY OLD days, with very high head flying height, and low density, it was possible to make drives with pretty long lifetimes. I still think you get VERY lucky with that system. I doubt too many of them ran for 30 years without failure.
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