RE: What is a disk arm? -- MIDRANGE-L

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<<those must have been some very heavy disks...>>

Yes they were.

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roberto José
Etcheverry Romero
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 4:29 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: What is a disk arm?

I stand corrected and will proceed to get the hell out of your lawn.
head per track, those must have been some very heavy disks...

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:27 PM, James H. H. Lampert <
jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dan Kimmel wrote:

The multi-armed ones I remember were something like 12 or 14 inch
disks. Remember the Winchester drive anybody?

Winchester? Hell, I've worked with MERLIN drives!

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