28 Nov
1999
28 Nov
'99
6:08 a.m.
At 02:24 PM 11/28/1999 -0500, Megan wrote:
Well... one possible (temporary) solution to this particular dilemma comes
IMHO, it makes little sense to retain media for
washing-machine-sized
disk drives if you don't retain the drives and maintain them in order to
retain the value of the media....
Unless there is no equivalent... I've got the exact problem with the
DECsystem-10 I got earlier this year... it came with two RP06 drives.
They are 3-phase drives. We don't yet have three phase power (or a
close approximation of it), so cannot run the drives. Without the
drives, we cannot even load the microcode for the machine, so it is
a very large paper-weight.
I've been looking of a non-three-phase replacement for the drives, but
we still would need three-phase to get the data off the disks I have. from the world of machineing (metal cutting, etc) where
small
shops/hobbiests frequently obtain equipment (mills, lathes, etc.) that is
designed for three phase power.
Rather than replace the motors (an aggrivating and expensive proposition),
there are a number of sources for three phase 'converters' which take
single phase power (or perhaps two phase for really heavy load situations)
and through (most often) a motor/generator combination output real (or
close enough) three phase power for the application.
I would not be surprised of some of the larger equipment rental places had
such critters available for rental (or sale for the long term applications).
Just my two cents worth...
-jim
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