26 Dec
2006
26 Dec
'06
4:58 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great Sellam Ismail once stated:
Here's the weird part: there is no data cable. There is no port or
connector or anything on the enclosure for a data cable. There's not even
a cut-out for a data cable.
It's basically just a disk drive that powers up and spins if you put a
disk in it. I initially thoughtt that it must be a degausser or
something, but there's nothing inside that would indicate any such
operation.
OK, I admit it. I'm stumped.
Perhaps it was used to duplicate disks? While I don't recall the exact
details, I do remember seeing something like that, where you put a disk in.
If it was formatted, it would read the contents and store it in memory;
placing an unformatted disk in would cause it to format the disk and write
whatever it has in memory. I saw it at a software company.
-spc (Although the one I saw had a hopper for disks and would
automatically feed them in for unattended operation)