24 Dec
2005
24 Dec
'05
1:55 a.m.
Singer? ISTR that Singer had a model 40 drive (14 in
disk pack) in their
system 10. Possibly using rotary transformer servo like Diablo Systems...
No, these were single-platter setups, typically one fixed and one removable.
I had one repair to look at that was basically a "Wang Word Processing
System" or somesuch, and there was a mini that I tried (not very
successfully) to deal with called a "GRI" -- the company was out of business
when I came into the picture in 1985, and they had a guy who would come in
from out of state from time to time to tweak things.
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The follow-on to the Diablo 31 was the 40. It was 5mb, 5440 style packs. I'm pretty
sure the 11x17 docs are on bitsavers (I know that I've scanned it..)
Any addtional information on the GRI 909 that isn't up on bitsavers already would
be of interest to Bob Supnik, too..