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Holy Shit! "Those were the days.............."
Lindy — (archived)

>"I'd replace a set of heads, power up the drive, and when the internal controller sensed that the platters were up to speed--i.e. storing a kiloton or so of rotational energy--it would energize the electromagnet, essentially firing the carriage out of a magnetic cannon at high speeds to seek across the disc. Unfortunately, I'd get those springs crossed, the carriage would collide with high speed spinning disk, fragments of metal and curls of aluminum confetti would shoot off in all directions (we usually had the mechanism open and side panels removed) accompanied by the apocalyptic shrieking of rended metal. "

>"Don't get me started on the forklift races we'd hold in the warehouse after watering down the concrete floor to make it extra slick...

Kudos to to you Robert, Head Techno-Geek..............

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