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

[JF Mezei]

On 2016-02-14 04:48, already5chosen at yahoo.com wrote:

> 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.


RA82 drive motors were 1/3 horsepower motors. They were not 3 phase, but
required 3 wires in. There was one used to start the motor in the right
direction as I recall.  There was some capacitor that would discharge to
get motor going. I don't recall the exact details.