30 Jul
2026
30 Jul
'26
3:36 a.m.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM Christian Corti via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
> drive braking mechanisms. I don't recall ANY DEC tape drive that had a
> "braking mechanism", all control of the reels was done electronically.
What about the spindle motor brake in the R80 / RA80 / RM80 etc disk
drive? What did its friction disk contain?
-tony