8" drive on a pc controller

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Apr 16 00:12:11 1999

Please forgive my interloping, here, but my SHUGART and Siemens SD 8" drives
are spec'd for 6 ms step rate, and the double-headed types for 3 ms. It's
really best (mechanically) to step these babies as fast as they will go, and
it's quieter too.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: 8" drive on a pc controller


>On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
>
>> > > Shouldn't you gentlemen be considering, instead of which format, at
>> what
>> > > kind of DRIVE is involved?
>> >
>> > Excellent point, as I have been using a Mitsubishi that I set at 6ms.
>>
>> Ah!
>>
>> Shugart and Seimens drives, requiring 15ms.
>
>More usual is 10ms.
> - don
>
>
>
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