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Re: [opensuse] wait times excessive high {Suse 10.3 & 11}
- From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:28:53 -0500
- Message-id: <49259045.3080104@xxxxxxxxxx>
Dave Howorth wrote:
On a later system, made by Phillips, the drum was tapered and used centrifugal force, acting on pendulums, to lift the drum up and into closer proximity with the heads. With this mechanism, a power failure would not cause a head crash.
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Carlos E. R. wrote:we also had drums where I worked. I recall working on one, installed in 1952, and gapping the head clearance with a piece of bond paper. This drum used a relay tree to select the heads and used 6Y6 vacuum tubes in the write amp.
We need hard disks with two or more independent heads. :-)~~
Bring back drum memory! I once worked with some that were taller than me :)
On a later system, made by Phillips, the drum was tapered and used centrifugal force, acting on pendulums, to lift the drum up and into closer proximity with the heads. With this mechanism, a power failure would not cause a head crash.
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