The Flash Drive concept makes the most sense - no moving parts. The geometry is emulated by the microcode. They just need to get the access time lower.
Bill Fairchild Rocket Software From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: "A foolish consistancy" or "3390 cyl/track architecture" Ron, Thanks for clearing up how the current drives actually work. It just seems like IBM could get away from the track and cylinder stuff, which artificially restricts the amount of storage you use Eric Eric Bielefeld ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
