Haven't read that cute article, but have been in Kansas. Looks flat, but that
is illusion. Get out of your car and walk about some. Quit a bit of up and down
there. Also the western end is a bit higher than the eastern end, only about
3000 feet however (750/3750). I believe the hightest point in Kansas is about
4000 ASL, so you should have no problem with that microdrive.
<grin>
graywolf
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P. J. Alling wrote:
Better than Kansas which is flatter than a pancake...
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html
Thibouille wrote:
Well, actually not.
Belgium is as flat as 40mm pancake :)
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Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x ...
2005/5/24, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Which was exactly the point of the post. Some people don't know
about the
limitations of the drives, and many people who live at lower elevations
take trips and vacations into the mountains. In many parts of the world
that means elevations above 9000 feet. Just driving around the western
part of the US puts you at higher elevations frequently. I believe
Thibouille lives in or near a mountainous area and the post was a
heads-up
if he does and is considering using a microdrive. You seem to have a
problem with my posting the information.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So don't use it in those applications... that specification does not
equate
with 'don't work well'.
For you who lives essentially at sea level, it wouldn't be a problem.
Luminous Landscape has an article regarding microdrive usage.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/4gb-hitachi.shtml
Tom C.
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: CF card: normal or Microdrive?
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:47:13 -0700
Microdrives don't work well, and may even fail to work, at high
altitudes,
above 9,000 feet.
From IBM:
"The Microdrive does need "AIR" to float the heads and typically above
10,000 ft the mass of the air is too low and the drive requires a
pressurized environment similar to an aircraft or spacecraft. At high
altitude the air bearings begin to loose support from the air
molecules
needed to provide the "air bearing" for the Negative Air Bearing
Surface
(NABS) design of the head. If this "air bearing" is removed or lowered
(as
is the case with low density air at high altitudes) the head
damages the
media and you could have loss of data. The drive is vented to maintain
equal pressure inside and outside to provide the air and to
maintain the
same pressure. This eliminates the need for sealed and rigid covers
that
can tolerate pressure differences.
The OEM Functional specification defines the warranty range for
operating
altitude as 3,000 M or 9,000 ft (3ft/M) ...."
Shel
From: Thibouille
I guess normal is:
* faster ?
* less power consumption
while Microdrive is:
* cheaper :D
While I'm at it, does High Speed card really matter in a D/Ds? Or is
it only useful when reading back in a card reader on the Computer?
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