Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:28:38 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/fdcontrol fdcontrol.8 Message-ID: <20040225192838.GA19381@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <27256.1077734066@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20040225181946.GA18703@freebie.xs4all.nl> <27256.1077734066@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:34:26PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20040225181946.GA18703@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Wilko Bulte writes: > > >> PS: If anybody has a manual for the Y-E data YD174 8" drive I'd > >> love to get a scan or copy. > > > >Too modern.. 8" 128KB (IIRC) DEC RX01 are the way forward :-P > > Well, the objective is to read all sorts of formats, not to demostrate > the second law of thermodynamics. But it sure could rotate disks full of sand using its 115V AC motor. :) It needed to, as the PDP that used it was the control CPU for a concrete mixing factory. I just vacumed out all of the sand and cement dust, stuck new media in and it ran. Now *that* is NonStop hardware (pun intended). 'nuf said, back to more productive/modern topics. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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