23 Apr
2015
23 Apr
'15
2:32 p.m.
On Thu, 23 Apr 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 04/23/2015 08:05 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On many drives, orientation certainly can have an effect. What
> orientation was it previously used in?
I'm reminded of the early IMI "shoebox"
drives (shoebox, I guess if you had
size 21 feet). I think that they were mostly used by Corvus--clear tinted
plastic top with a voice-coil positioner.
I have one of these. It's big, heavy beast.
If you lifted the front end of these things about an
inch off horizontal,
they'd cease to work--the positioner didn't have the moxie to overcome the
force of gravity and would respond with sort of a squealing retry as it tried
to push the heads uphill.
Alas, mine arrived non-functional and has remained that way due to a
serious lack of time to devote to troubleshooting.
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