I wonder if a high density head could be used on a low density machine. I'd think the main difference would be track width. If the signal levels were similar it might work. Dwight
________________________________ From: cctalk <[email protected]> on behalf of Jay Jaeger via cctalk <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:28 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: ISO: Diablo 30 heads On 5/12/2020 9:26 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 5/12/20 6:10 AM, Jay Jaeger via cctalk wrote: > >> I don't remember now if these parts I have were from drives originally >> on a DEC or DG system. > > The easy way to tell is the low density heads have metal instead of > ceramic disks. > > If anyone has the older metal style, Carl Claunch is trying to find some. > > It turns out mine a metal, and perhaps came off of a DG system (my RK03's on a PDP-11 have ceramic heads.) Carl, feel free to contact me off list. JRJ
