Victor 9000

From: A.R. Duell <ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue Jun 17 17:38:15 1997

>
> On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Uncle Roger wrote:
>
> > Was the first computer to use variable speed disk drives
> > (as the early Mac's did as well.)
>
> I beg to defer. The Apple II series used them as well.

Are you sure about that? The Disk ]['s I have on my Apples seem to be
based on shugart mechanics, and have the standard motor control board in
them, which doesn't seem to have been modified at all. In which case it
would rotate at a constant 300rpm.

> Alexios Chouchoulas '88 ,88' ,88' alexios_at_vennea.demon.co.uk

--
-tony
ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill
Received on Tue Jun 17 1997 - 17:38:15 BST

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