23 Dec
2005
23 Dec
'05
12:05 p.m.
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Friday 23 December 2005 01:19 pm, William Donzelli
wrote:
Not IBM. Control Data, maybe? For some reason "Model 40" comes to mind.
It's a weird format, very large pages, 11 inches is the _shorter_
dimension.
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...
Somewhere
in my storage unit I have service data for one of those, is
anybody interested in that enough to make it worth my while to dig it
out? No promises as to when, but...
Of course! Start diggin'...
If it is for an IBM 2311 or 3330, dig fast.
I also remember running across a terminator for one of those, too.
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