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DaWei · Jun 28th, 2005, 3:52 PM

That's called a "read/write" head. Even on the old digital tape machines, which had MUCH larger magnetic transitions than modern hard drives, the gap in the head which laid down the magnetic transitions was around 200 microinches wide. Getcher hands on a 400x microscope and make sure yer notta tremblin'

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Jun 28th, 2005, 3:52 PM	#9
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	That's called a "read/write" head. Even on the old digital tape machines, which had MUCH larger magnetic transitions than modern hard drives, the gap in the head which laid down the magnetic transitions was around 200 microinches wide. Getcher hands on a 400x microscope and make sure yer notta tremblin' . __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers