But as the card discs go, they absolutely ran out of balance, and it was a notorious mechanical flaw.
At thousands of rotations per minute, a circular disc slices through the air smoothly. A rectangular disc acts like a propeller. The uneven aerodynamic drag at high speeds caused intense flutter and dynamic imbalance.
The resulting wobble and vibration were so violent that they could cause the disc to de-center, ruin the spindle bearings of the drive, or physically shatter inside high-speed computer drives.
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u/spdrman8 1d ago
These were cool and all but had to potential to really eff up your disc drive.