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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 2. What exactly does "Differential" mean?  Does it help, or hurt?

Have you ever studied the power transfer system of an automobile?
It's like that.  If one of the drives starts spinning slower, the
other drive compensates by speeding up.

Don't mention it. :-)

					Jordan