4 Mar
2017
4 Mar
'17
1:27 p.m.
On Mar 4, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Jon Elson <elson at
pico-systems.com> wrote:
On 03/04/2017 03:13 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote:
I mostly remember the shop-vacuum-like whine of the vacuum pump, and the fluttery thwack
of the tape loops forming on load-up. The other tape motion sounds didn't stick in my
memory so much. I do remember the buzzy grind of the capstan motors on the C240's tape
drive; I don't recall whether that drive's OEM was Fujitsu or Hitachi, but I found
it quite enjoying to watch as an engineering student.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
For some reason, I fondly remember the scream of
a DEC TU77 drive, and would like to have one in my collection. Clearly, I must be somewhat
touched in the head. :)
Scream? Or buzz? We had a TU77, and when we ran backups,
it made a loud buzzing as it was doing start/stop about as fast as it could go. Or, are
you referring to the whine as it went into rewind?