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Disk Drives Explained

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stuff-to-read dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Magnetic disk drives are one of those things I usually take for granted without thinking about, but I recently realized how little I understood about how they really work. ACM Queue has an article from their 'Storage' issue titled, 'You Don't Know Jack About Disks', which does a very good job of explaining exactly how magnetic disks have evolved since the 70s and how they work today."

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  1. just in time... by Perdition · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    an in-depth explanation of a medium that should have been phased out five years ago. Now if they'd only explain the Nintendo GameGlove to us...

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