> Those HUGE DASDs are 3380s, I believe, with the sideways belt > drive.Yeah, they're a little louder than a laptop drive. But no > worries; you don't really hear them over the background A/C noise.
I am still on the search for a 3380/3880 set. > I don't know about 3380s, but earlier IBM DASD often required 3-phase > power, even though the motors were themselves single-phase. Not > impossible for a dedicated hobbyist, but a bit of a pain. Most DASDs from the big platter era have phase rotation sensors, so when running the thing off a single phase, the sensor needs to be fooled or there will be a power check. -- Will ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
