> I've idly wondered  how a pager vibrator motor running a suitably
> large flywheel would fare as a motor/generator on power off :-).
> Hours are long. Magnetic bearing is easy enough and may even make such
> a solution viable. Not one I'd expect to see anyone using though :-).

Shades of the Storagetek Printer I had dealings with at one stage. Required=
 3-phase power (yes for a mainframe printer) and if incorrectly phased the =
LCD display told you so.

It required 3 phase as it had an internal flywheel storage so when the powe=
r was lost it had sufficient time to store away the current line number on =
the page and any other relevant info onto a floppy disc. I don't think the =
3-phase was required otherwise.

Mind you they were nice printers, came in 2500LPM and 5000LPM versions. Emp=
ty a standard box of lineflo paper in a minute or half a minute ...
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