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Re: USB Hard drive for recording

From Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups uk.tech.digital-tv, uk.tech.tv.video.pvr
Subject Re: USB Hard drive for recording
Date 2018-06-01 11:13 +0100
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Vir Campestris wrote:

> tim... wrote:
>
>> whereas the rotation of a disk makes it quite simple for a disc
>> controller to efficiently set up streams of data to/from different
>> locations on the disk
> 
> I haven't seen a disc that will read and/or write more than one location
> at the same time since about 1980. And I bet you've never seen one at all.

Drum yes, disc no (at least, I think the various DEC dual-ported drives 
were single actuator).

Seagate are planning multi-actuator drives for next year.
<https://blog.seagate.com/enterprises/mach2-and-hamr-breakthrough-ocp>

I hadn't heard of their technology to include a laser within the heads 
to heat the area being written.

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      Re: USB Hard drive for recording Indy Jess John <jimwarren@OMITblueyonder.co.uk> - 2018-05-30 07:48 +0100
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      Re: USB Hard drive for recording Andrew <Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com> - 2018-05-30 14:01 +0100
        Re: USB Hard drive for recording "tim..." <tims_new_home@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-30 15:42 +0100
          Re: USB Hard drive for recording nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2018-05-31 11:30 +0000
            Re: USB Hard drive for recording "tim..." <tims_new_home@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-01 14:51 +0100
              Re: USB Hard drive for recording nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2018-06-02 09:14 +0000
                Re: USB Hard drive for recording Norman Wells <hex@unseen.ac.am> - 2018-06-02 10:19 +0100
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    Re: USB Hard drive for recording Robin <rbw0@hotmail.com> - 2018-05-30 12:00 +0100
    Re: USB Hard drive for recording nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2018-05-30 11:33 +0000
      Re: USB Hard drive for recording "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-05-30 12:55 +0100
        Re: USB Hard drive for recording nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) - 2018-05-30 15:45 +0000
      Re: USB Hard drive for recording "tim..." <tims_new_home@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-30 15:37 +0100
        Re: USB Hard drive for recording Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2018-05-31 21:30 +0100
          Re: USB Hard drive for recording Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-06-01 11:13 +0100
          Re: USB Hard drive for recording "tim..." <tims_new_home@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-01 14:54 +0100
          Re: USB Hard drive for recording richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2018-06-01 14:10 +0000

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