Talk:Zone bit recording

This strikes me as a confusing, acronym-filled article. I was looking to understand hard drive sectors, and how "data transfer rate depends on the track location, so it will be higher for data on the outer tracks (where there are more data sectors) and lower on the inner tracks". This article does eventually make sense, but it takes a few reads. We need a diagram. Have a look at this explanation: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/geom/tracks_ZBR.htm.

The sector page is even worse, as it's so out-of-date as to lead you completely off track (no pun intended), and doesn't even cross-link ZBR. I'll get on it eventually. Amniarix (talk) 20:06, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On a disk consisting of concentric tracks, the physical track length may or may not be increased with distance from the center hub.

Eh?! How on earth can the track length not increase? There's no physical way. The sector length might or might not change. Amniarix (talk) 20:11, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In the paragraph about the Apple floppy drives, wouldn't the disk need to spin faster on the inner tracks to match the data rate of the outer tracks at a slower spin rate? I believe where the floppy drive needs to spin faster to maintain a constant angular bit rate is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill the carp (talk • contribs) 16:49, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]