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Originally Posted by gary
If you happened to be in the machine room at the time one of these disk storage
units experienced a head crash, it was a sound you do not forget.
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Indeed Gary. When I worked for IBM as an engineer back in the early 80's I spent time at one stage trashing 3340's to make way for the 3370 at the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac (then the Bank of NSW). Apart from being trained to maintain these things by aligning individual heads with the aid of oscilloscopes and a whole lot of time, we used to also prepare them for disposal to Sims Metal. Nothing could be sold off, it had to be destroyed. So, for fun, we used to spin them up to operating speed and then force open the covers - and lightly tap the edge of the spinning pack. Even though they were enclosed (as opposed to the older open packs) they still flew to bits. Now - the noise you're referring to is popping back into my head...
