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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-02-14 22:02, Steven Schweda wrote:
>> But yes, "instantaneous" is a strong word here. The inertia
>> makes it impossible to really be instantaneous. But the
>> acceleration is violent, and the physical forces are large.
>
>     Yes, where "strong" = "wrong".  Just as "zero" and
> "non-zero" are different, and "finite" and "infinite" are
> different.
>
>> An RP06 takes about 30-45 seconds to spin up... It is no
>> where near the way you can get an AC motor to work.
>
>     Still nonsense, but you're free to believe in any nonsense
> you wish to.

So, how many RP06 disk drives have you worked with over the years?

	Johnny

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