Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/dasd/reference_summary/GX26-1678-0_3380_Reference_Summary_Feb83.pdf

I just found some of those in my old reference card collection - http://www.mildredbrennan.com/mvs/disk_summaries.jpg

> ... one is tempted to believe that the 3380j might have really been a 3380k limited
> to only accessing 1/3rd of the platter

Reminds me of a story my dad told me about an electronics company in the 70's. He said they only made 200V diodes but also marked them as 100V, 50V, 20V, and 10V - each less expensive as the voltage "dropped". That's marketing I guess.

Thanks for all the disk info.

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