On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> 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
Yup! I just checked the specs on my Mitsubishi and it is specced at 3ms
also. It would have to make it quieter!
- don
> -----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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