Strange DEC heavyweight.

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Mon May 24 16:00:26 1999

>> And, of course, a zero millisecond seek time.

>I thought there was a small time (<<1ms) for the read amplifier to settle
>down after a head switch. In other words, the 'seek time' (really the
>head switching time) was very small, but none-the-less measurable.

True, but of no consequence as long as the head switching time is less
than the time it takes to spin through the intersector gap. According
to my RS03/04 docs, there's enough time to make such a switch between
sectors.

What I always found interesting about the RS-series drives were the
write-protect switches. You can set six on/off switches to the
binary number specifying the highest (of the total of 64) tracks
that you want write-protected.

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