need some advice on some VAX boards ...

From: Brian Knittel <brian_at_quarterbyte.com>
Date: Fri Oct 5 12:25:11 2001

> I believe the first voice-coil drvie in that family was the ST-4096,
> but I'm not positive of that. That was one nice drive.

A nice drive? You must have gotten the one that worked. I ran
into 5 or 6 of them, and after a couple of months, every one of
them failed, as did their warranty replacements. I only found
one that ended up being useful for several years (as a door stop).

They sounded like chain saws.

brian

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