17 May
1998
17 May
'98
3:45 p.m.
At 10:23 PM 5/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
Knowing who this fellow is, this is probably a Y2K project, believe it or
not. I guess the company's drive finally gave up the ghost and they're in a
panic, or something like that.
I have a guy
who's looking for a 3330-011 so he can dump a diskpack. Anyone
have a spare they want to get rid of, or do you have one running so he can
get the data off?
Hmmm...I think he is in for a bit of a disappointment, as those drives
date back to 1970 or so. I really doubt there are any left doing work, or
even having the potential to do work.
I do remember seeing a 400 meg 3330 in a junk yard two years ago. It was
pretty well trashed, and the ton plus beast would not fit in my Escort.
Yeah, they just don't build cars the way they used to, do they. <g>
Trivia: the 3330 "Merlin" was the first production drive to have servo
tracks.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
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David Wollmann
dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com