BASF 6114 disk drive

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Al Kossow wrote: 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. This is much too modern. Christian