[SunRescue] Source for 50 pin drives...

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Joules [mailto:pjoules at coleg-powys.ac.uk]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 2:33 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Source for 50 pin drives...
> 
> 
> At 10:34 09/03/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Joules [mailto:pjoules at coleg-powys.ac.uk]
> >
> > > The only possible restriction is that it specifies that the
> > > rotational
> > > speed of the drive mustn't be above 4500 rpm.
> >
> >What does/should it care how fast the drive is spinning?
> 
> I would have thought that the drive's electronics would deal 
> with that, but 
> that is what it says in the FAQ.  I wonder if it that the 
> drives which 
> rotate faster will transfer data faster and that the 386i 
> cannot handle the 
> transfer rate?

Sounds fishy to me.  The only thing that I've been able to come up with that
seems plausable would be power consumption, or heat.  Either of those are
moot points with advances in technology...  
	Greg