[Info-vax] OT: the Daily WTF for today is a VAX/VMS story

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On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 10:03:18 PM UTC+2, rdpi... at gmail.com wrote:
> See
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> http://thedailywtf.com/articles/overpowered
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> for a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
> 
> RDP

There is one technical detail that I didn't understand: how did hard drives get their three-phase AC power when operating from battery ?

Also something sounds wrong with rpm. 3000 rpm is a correct AC frequency in the most of the world, but this particular story happened in USA, right? Isn't it 3600 rpm there?

More I think about it, more the story of VAX hard drive with three-phase AC motor (in early 90s, non-the-less) appears apocryphal.