User: berkbw

There is no analog "exact" except by definition -

On: Write Bits Directly Onto a Hard Drive Platter?

Your quandary does not speak of the precision required in locating specific disk areas. In the "OLD DAYS", servo tracks were used- read-only, permanent. Holes in the media were also used, but difficult to retrofit. Temperature and voltage will cause inaccuracies. One would need to construct a controller in order to have "bare metal" write-ability. It seems doable. Good fortune, berk

Sad for Benny fans

On: CBS Refuses To Preserve Jack Benny Footage

And sad for Irving Fein and Tisha. Berk-

Verizon supports a free web, eh?

On: Verizon and Google Offer Up Net Neutrality Truce

The original reason for me not using Verizon's mail services was that Verizon blacklisted much of Eastern Europe. Now they're on the "freedom train"?