On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM Christian Corti via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > drive braking mechanisms. I don't recall ANY DEC tape drive that had a > > "braking mechanism", all control of the reels was done electronically.
What about the spindle motor brake in the R80 / RA80 / RM80 etc disk drive? What did its friction disk contain? -tony
