[QuadList] HS-100 disc

[Ron]

Count me in,Dave! Will bring some beverages. RF

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On Nov 6, 2012, at 2:06 PM, David Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com> wrote:

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> Larry, 
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> The words "should be unloaded on power up" is the key.
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> After 30 years of dormancy, it has to be verified first.
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> David
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> On Nov 6, 2012, at 1:43 PM, L.E. Odham wrote:
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>> If it operates as other flying head disk drives, the heads . When up to speed and no inhibit logic, disk does a full seek to the innermost cylinder(trk 202/404) and the heads load/ beginning about cyl 60 and ride/fly on a 93 mph film of air. They reach full tension and latch when EOC is reached.
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>> Larry Odham
>> Quad Tape Transfer
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>> The most critical thing is going to be the heads and where they are when the disk starts rotating. That's where I need the heavyweight maintenance men to check it out first. 
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>> I suppose plenty of cold beer, ice tea and blenders full of Margaritas will have to be on hand to keep the key personnel motivated.
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>> David
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>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Steve White wrote:
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>> That's an event I'd like to see.
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>> On 11/6/12 4:00 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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>> One of these days, I will fire this unit up. I have several friends from NBC, ABC, CBS and Metromedia sports days who want to be a part of that event. Maybe broadcast on Skype?
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>> Best Regards,
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>> David Crosthwait
>> DC Video
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>> david at dcvideo.com
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>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Pat McGowan wrote:
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>> For $4K I would think he will be sitting on it for a very long time. Maybe $40 to have an interesting conversation piece, but aside from that it's pretty worthless. Haven't seen an HS-100 up and running in a very long time. 
>> Remember several times our unit at Mobile Color (Houston) coming back from a rental with the top box (disc unit) upside down in the freight truck. Always hated to see that!
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