Re: Re: standalone code for bootstrapping

"Even if that is true, which is expected for
a different head, why should I care?"

Typical....  A string of 3390 DASD had a price tag of $1 million. Very
expensive storage in its day.

Joe

On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 9:09 AM kerravon86-/[email protected] [hercules-390] <
[email protected]> wrote:

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>
> ---In [email protected], <joemonk64@...> wrote :
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> > Attached is a cutaway of a 3390-1. As you can see, It has 9 disk platters
> > for 18 surfaces.
>
> I think that is changed programattically, as
> it has 15 tracks per cylinder listed here:
>
> http://ibmmainframes.com/references/disk.html
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> > Thus, head 0 and head 1 are on separate disks. So, seeking on head 1 is
> > seeking on a different disk platter.
>
> Even if that is true, which is expected for
> a different head, why should I care?
>
> BFN. Paul.
> 
>