The Logic Off Topic list

At 11:41 AM +0300 7/3/01, T Rainey wrote:
>Dennis Gunn said:
>>2.  The heads of the drives do not actually
>contact the medium the way the heads of a tape machine do so even if
>the binding medium does get a little weak it probably is not as big
>of an issue as with tape since there is nothing trying to rub it off.
>
>If the binding becomes weak couldn't centrifugal force be enough for the
>oxide coating to become displaced?

Wondered the same thing myself.  Somehow it doesn't seem likely but I 
really don't know.
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