2 Apr
2001
2 Apr
'01
12:51 p.m.
I think I noted anywhere from 500 meg to 1.2 gig .. depending on
the version. These are "E" type so I assume they were fairly late in the
evolution. I was told they were providing storage for a 370.
Craig
Dave McGuire wrote:
On April 2, ip500 wrote:
In case anyone wants to take a look ... I
shot a couple of quick
pictures of these huge IBM disk drives and stuck them:
http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdiscfront.JPG
http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdisccu.JPG
http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdiscback.JPG
No good reference for scale, but they are about 4' long X 2' dia
and weigh approx 140 pounds [that's not including the motor & belt drive
visable in picture 1]. These were mounted as pictured [upright], 2 to a
cabinet, the motors were mounted above the drives and ran a 1.5" width
belt down to the drive pulley. I can hardly beliefe these are circa
1985!
Wow...that disk is BEEFY. What's the capacity on that beastie
again?
-Dave McGuire 
