Motor generator

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Tue May 4 18:54:45 CDT 2021



> On May 4, 2021, at 7:06 PM, Donald via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> In the deep recesses of my mind I seem to remember something about S/360
> machines using a motor generator.
> 
> If I am right was this to create a stable power source at a certain
> frequency or voltage?

I didn't know about S/360 systems.  Is that true for all of them?  I once worked on a 360 model 44 and I don't remember any motor-generators with that one. 

A well known machine from that era that uses MG sets is the CDC 6000 series mainframes -- for power supplies, but not for motors.

	paul



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