> On Mar 4, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > > On 03/04/2017 03:13 PM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: >> For some reason, I fondly remember the scream of a DEC TU77 drive, and would >> like to have one in my collection. Clearly, I must be somewhat touched in >> the head. :) > Scream? Or buzz? We had a TU77, and when we ran backups, it made a loud > buzzing as it was doing start/stop about as fast as it could go. Or, are you > referring to the whine as it went into rewind?
I mostly remember the shop-vacuum-like whine of the vacuum pump, and the fluttery thwack of the tape loops forming on load-up. The other tape motion sounds didn't stick in my memory so much. I do remember the buzzy grind of the capstan motors on the C240's tape drive; I don't recall whether that drive's OEM was Fujitsu or Hitachi, but I found it quite enjoying to watch as an engineering student. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/
