8' DSDD disk

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Jules Richardson may have mentioned these words:

> > The real questions should be:
> >
> > What speed does an 8 foot disk rotate at?
> > How big is the drive?
> > What is the power requirements for the spindle motor?
> > What is the capacity?
> > Were there any 8 foot hard sectored disks and how many sectors?
> > Were track density measured in TPI or TPF?
> > How much does a box of ten disks cost?
> > Is there an S100 interface?
>
>Oooh, another potential stupid project :-)  (I was wondering the other
>week whether a reliable digital network could be made between two
>machines out of a couple of paper cups and a piece of string ;)

I thought it had been done... IIRC there was a router that could be clocked 
down to durned near DC, and someone did just that with a pair of 'em...

I'm gonna tick off Sellam, tho, and not google for it. ;-)

[[ Also IIRC, there might be a reference to it somewhere in the archives -- 
somewhere in my feeble memory I thought that came up once before... ]]

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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