1 May
2017
1 May
'17
11:59 a.m.
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From: Guy Sotomayor Jr [ggs at shiresoft.com]
Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 1:57 PM
To: Bill Gunshannon
Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: IBM 4331 Mainframe
On May 1, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Bill Gunshannon
<bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com> wrote:
Just hope you don't have a head crash. Had one when I was at Ft.
Ben Harrison (a long time ago, when the 4341 was just going into
production. We had one of the first!) and it sounded like the building
was coming down. Hate to think the effect it would have on your
neighbors. :-)
The 3340 drives are winchester pack drives. So the heads are in the packs themselves.
A head crash means that the pack is toast (but it is usually) but doesn?t render the
drive
inoperable (just put in another pack).
TTFN - Guy
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Yeah, pretty sure those were too. First tool the IBM Tech brought in
was a shop vac. He vacuumed out what was left and had us running
again in about 2 hours.
Those were the days!!
bill