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I'd like to see a photo of the linear motor that drives the heads. They come in massive and MASSIVE sizes...
by chiph 10y ago
I'd like to see a photo of the linear motor that drives the heads. They come in massive and MASSIVE sizes...
- kens 10y agoUnfortunately the drive motor is underneath the head assembly, so you can't see it without more disassembly of the drive. The servo motor moves the heads via a rack and pinion gear. There's a (bad) photo of the motor on page 52 of the manual: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/diablo/81503-03_Series_30_Disk_Drive_Maintenance_Jul78.pdf http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/diablo/81503-03_Serie...
- userbinator 10y agohttp://technology.niagarac.on.ca/staff/mcsele/pdp11.htm http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/staff/mcsele/pdp11.htm About halfway down the page. (Note: either the author is mistaken or the page is actually from ~30 years ago, since hard drives have not used stepper motors for a long time.)