DF32?

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Tue Mar 9 18:45:26 CST 2021



> On Mar 9, 2021, at 7:38 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> On Mar 9, 2021, at 6:53 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>>> So did one you bid over $1500?
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>> Not me. $1k would have been my limit, it's really kind of insane to run something like that. As I put on my old memory hat I remember that the platter would rust but at least the heads would not weld to the platter.
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> Hm.  I know we had that exact problem in college with an RS11 disk (on our RSTS system).  That required replacing the heads, platter, and I think motor.

I meant that I have experienced welding of the heads.  I haven't seen rusting, though I could believe that it's possible -- the platter looks like it's been blued like old style firearms.

	paul



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