On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Al Kossow wrote:
Do you have a
picture of it?
I picture would be useful. If it's from Dortmund, I don't
seem to have a
Yes, it's from Dortmund. I have a flyer dating from 1972 for the WSP 414
drive (which is exactly the same; used to be hooked up to the TR-440), it
can be found on our ftp server
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/cm/telefunken/doku/wsp414*
We once had a TR-440 in Stuttgart, too. It was in service from around 1973
until 1982 when it was replaced by a VAX11/780. We had a really large
installation (but long before my time), and still have many documents.
These scans are a small part of it.
The drive uses Memorex Mark VI or IBM 2316 compatible media, thus has 11
platters with 20 recording surfaces. It must be an American product, all
writings and notes inside the drive are in English, and everything looks
very like either a CDC drive or a Memorex drive (may it be a Memorex 670
or the like?). Anyway, the interface to the drive is the good old
standard, i.e. one big cable like a fire hose, three phases power
connector (although this drive only needs one) etc.
The 9766 is the drive with the pack on top. There is a
CDC FSD drive directly
below that.
This is much too modern.
Christian