The Complete Book of Magnetic Recording Get the very latest and most up-to-date information on every aspect of magnetic recording with the 4th edition of one of TAB's all-time best-sellers. Often referred to as the "Bible" by technicians and engineers working in the magnetic recording industry, the Handbook is practical rather than theoretical in its approach. In the rapidly growing field of magnetic recording, this book is truly the "authority" with easy access to topics of interest and extensive instruction on the equipment and techniques prevalent in the industry. This massive reference volume contains numerous illustrations and three indexes (illustrations, names and terms) for quick cross-referencing. References are also included for further study. Every engineer and technician working in the field of magnetic recording should add the Handbook to their reference shelf.
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Don't bother with this one.,
By Tim Gosnell (gosnell@lanl.gov) (Los Alamos, New Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Handbook of Magnetic Recording (Hardcover)
I found this book to be poorly organized, badly written, and when it came to the physics of magnetism and magnetic materials, absolutley opaque: I've never seen a more incomprehensible account of the difference between B and H anywhere. The bizarre use of the pole concept is utterly out of step with modern magnetic physics. Abbreviations for measurement units are indicated on graph axes without any discussion in the text about what the units mean. The figures are the worst I've ever seen in a technical book, consisting mostly of low-resolution bit maps. I suggest that the author thoroughly review the American Institute of Physics style manual on how to draw figures before doing another edition. It would seem to me that a book of this size (>800 pages) would be able to reveal the linear bit density on a standard 3-1/2" 1.44 MB floppy disk, the orientation of the magnetic moments on the disk tracks, the magnitude of a one-bit magnetic moment, the depth of the magnetized regions in the film, and what encoding scheme is used in a single table or on one page of text. I found extracting such information essentially impossible, either because it did not exist or because it was embedded in unobvious places.
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I used this book as a reference while developing a MICR reader. While his work is not directly applicable to discontinuous media, it did open my eyes to some subtle effects that had been giving us problems. Definitely worth a spot on my reference shelf. He describes also some of the interesting solutions to the problems of finding out exactly what happens during the magnetic recording process.
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the illustrations in the handbook,
By ksloh (Shenzhen) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Handbook of Magnetic Recording (Hardcover)
I do not like the illustrations in your handbook as well, particularly the jagged lines. Could you do something about it in the next revision ? More suitable for newcomers. For more mathematical treatment, please try Bertram's Theory of Magnetic Recording. This is a killer book if you are not well versed with undergraduate level engineering electromagnetic theory. When is the next revision coming out ?
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The possibility of using magnetism in a recording device was first discussed in a paper by the American Oberlin Smith in 1888. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coating thickness loss, demagnetization losses, gap field strength, tape wrap angle, switching field distribution, recording zone, scrape flutter, perpendicular remanence, head impedance, demagnetization theory, demagnetization line, instrumentation recorders, oriented coating, normal reference level, zigzag transitions, reproduce head, playback voltage, tape span, spacing loss, effective gap length, read flux, disk flutter, digital magnetic recording, helical recorder, overload curve Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, High Density Recording, John Wiley, Focal Press, Fujitsu Sci, Storage Vol, Academic Press, Storage Systems, Broadcast Engineering, Consumer Electronics, World Scientific, Computer Design, Electrochemical Society, Philips Tech, Sharp Tech, Digital Instruments, Philips Res, Prentice Hall, Valdemar Poulsen, Helical Scan Video Tape Recorders, Thin Film Processes, Clarendon Press, Japan Soc, Journal of Audio Engineering Society, Las Vegas New!
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coating thickness loss, demagnetization losses, gap field strength, tape wrap angle, switching field distribution, recording zone, scrape flutter, perpendicular remanence, head impedance, demagnetization theory, demagnetization line, instrumentation recorders, oriented coating, normal reference level, zigzag transitions, reproduce head, playback voltage, tape span, spacing loss, effective gap length, read flux, disk flutter, digital magnetic recording, helical recorder, overload curve Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, High Density Recording, John Wiley, Focal Press, Fujitsu Sci, Storage Vol, Academic Press, Storage Systems, Broadcast Engineering, Consumer Electronics, World Scientific, Computer Design, Electrochemical Society, Philips Tech, Sharp Tech, Digital Instruments, Philips Res, Prentice Hall, Valdemar Poulsen, Helical Scan Video Tape Recorders, Thin Film Processes, Clarendon Press, Japan Soc, Journal of Audio Engineering Society, Las Vegas New!
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- Noise in Digital Magnetic Recording by T. C. Arnoldussen on page 22, page 337, and page 675
- Perpendicular Magnetic Recording, by S. I. Iwasaki on page 22, page 315, and page 580
- Polymers in Information Storage Technology by K.L. Mittal on page 390, and page 391
- Introduction to Magnetic Materials by L. C. Cullity on page 86, and page 363
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- Magnetic Recording Technology by C. Mee on page 18, page 87, and page 171
- Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology (Encyclopedia of Computer Science & Technology, Suppl. 9) by Allen Kent on page 283, and page 285
- Consumer Electronics for Engineers by Philip Hoff on page 170, and page 458
- Encyclopedia of Microcomputers (Microcomputers Encyclopedia) by Allen Kent on page 355, and page 357
- Characterization of Amorphous and Crystalline Rough Surface -- Principles and Applications, Volume 37 (Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences) by Marc De Graef on page 239
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