20 Jul
2010
20 Jul
'10
3 a.m.
On 19 Jul 2010 at 20:27, Dave McGuire wrote:
Sweet! I will check that out. I've never seen
a 606 in person.
1200 lbs. of orange-y goodness.
CDC replaced them with the 65x series, which was a somewhat cost-
reduced version (ISTR that the voice-coil vacuum valves were one of
the big corners cut). Dark grey with blue glass; not nearly as
imposing. Supplanted by the 66x drives, which were autothreading
(most of the time, anyway) and with an automatic drive "window".
There was also a 1" version of the drive, the 626. I wonder if any
survive.
--Chuck