Re: To bang or not to bang

[Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom>]

David Wilson wrote:

> On Aug 31, 11:53 pm, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-4jq-this>
> wrote:
>> It probably does the same thing as your Apple drive; it's just quieter
>> about it, because it's likely a direct drive mechanism instead of a
>> belt-driven one.
> 
> That would not affect stepping noise. A disk drive has two motors -
> the spindle motor spins the disk and is either belt drive or direct
> drive. The stepper motor (as has been described in another post) uses
> either a spiral cam, a split metal band or perhaps a screw thread.

I can't believe I said something so dopey. You are absolutely right. Where
was my head at? This is coming from a person who has built a custom floppy
adaptor / translator. Sure it doesn't quite work right yet, but I know why.

Anyway, Thanyou for the correction. I really do appreciate it. I could have
gone on without realising what I said.

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