Re: [NTLK] eMates

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2005 - 09:11:55 PST


On Feb 15, 2005, at 8:15 AM, Peter H. Coffin wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:38:59AM +0100, Robert Benschop wrote:
>> survived a three story drop but there was a crack in the casing.
>> Goes to show that they're pretty well made...
>
> No moving parts is an amazing help. Any bets as to whether an even
> powered-off and head-parked microdrive would survive such a leap?
They certainly quote some impressive non-operating G-shock ratings for
Hard drives these days... Unbelievable compared to those old time
super sensitive HD's of yore.

I wouldn't try it with my data though...

Solid state is way cool.
Marty

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