24 Jan
2011
24 Jan
'11
5:19 p.m.
Here's something I was thinking about the other
day. I *know* for a fact that SCSI interface hard drives existed with 8" platters.
I've never seen one, however. Does anyone know of any specific model numbers, or have
any product information or pictures of such devices?
I just looked in my collection of 8" drives. I have two 8"
Imprimis/CDC 97201-12G PA8P1A ST81236N Sabre drives with the original
style SCSI connectors on the back. There are manuals for the drive on
Bitsavers at:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cdc/discs/sabre/83325700N_PA8xx_736-1230mb_Par…,
and
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cdc/discs/sabre/83325720F_PA8xx_736-1230mb_Mai….
The manuals say that the drives are 1.2G, 512 byte/sector drives with
an HP SCSI differential interface. I can post pictures if you are
interested.
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Michael Thompson