Magnetic Storage Handbook

Thoroughly updated, this new edition incorporates extensive changes ushered in by advances in digital recording. New chapters on digital recording and optical drives accompany extensive revisions in this leading reference in the field. Detailed coverage of micromagnetics and magneto-resistive heads keeps engineers at the leading edge. All types of data storage are explained, including storage on rigid disks, flexible disks, and tape. Incisive chapters discuss analog and digital video recording, analog and digital audio recording, instrumentation recording, and signal error and control coding. 350 illustrations.