4 Aug
2005
4 Aug
'05
1:17 p.m.
...
Yes, the DEC RK03 is the high density Diablo model
30.
Nope. I am a software guy. Just a bad assumption on my part. I just knew it
was not the voice coil tyoe that I had seem on larger drives.
2.5 MB removable cartridge disk with a stepping
motor for the head
positioning. I can take pictures if this is not sufficient.
These were
used
Are you sure about that? The model 30 I know used a permanent
magnet brush motor for the head postiioner, with a rack and
pinion mechanism to actually move the heads. Feedback came
from a couple of PCBs on top of the motor spindle, the tracks
of which effectively formed transformers.
-tony