OT YAG Re: delete deleted data

2008-01-05 Thread Diana Eichert
Okay, someone touched on this so I'll follow it a little further. Say you pull the platter(s) out of the drive and now start analysing the data as analog voltage levels and not highs/lows with threshold. Also, get the data off the platter(s) by driving a head across it in different

Re: OT YAG Re: delete deleted data

2008-01-05 Thread Shane J Pearson
On 06/01/2008, at 1:57 AM, Diana Eichert wrote: Any EE worth their weight in salt understands signal processing. I do believe a lot of younger engineers have grown up in the 1 0 digital world and forget about analog. I think the first computers I witnessed in a work place, were actually

Re: OT YAG Re: delete deleted data

2008-01-05 Thread Diana Eichert
On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Shane J Pearson wrote: SNIP Where a mix of humans, transistors, valves, gears and three-phase motors/sensors, got the job done.;-) Shane No coal and steam? I had to say it. diana

Re: OT YAG Re: delete deleted data

2008-01-05 Thread johan beisser
On Jan 5, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Shane J Pearson wrote: I think the first computers I witnessed in a work place, were actually analog computers (Navy). Where a mix of humans, transistors, valves, gears and three-phase motors/sensors, got the job done.;-) They're still in use as of the

Re: OT YAG Re: delete deleted data

2008-01-05 Thread STeve Andre'
On Saturday 05 January 2008 09:57:54 Diana Eichert wrote: Okay, someone touched on this so I'll follow it a little further. Say you pull the platter(s) out of the drive and now start analysing the data as analog voltage levels and not highs/lows with threshold. Also, get the data off the

Re: OT YAG Re: delete deleted data

2008-01-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 12:09:08PM -0700, Diana Eichert wrote: On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Shane J Pearson wrote: SNIP Where a mix of humans, transistors, valves, gears and three-phase motors/sensors, got the job done.;-) Shane No coal and steam? I had to say it. What do you think