7 Apr
1999
7 Apr
'99
7:24 a.m.
On 7 Apr 99 at 9:37, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
lwalker(a)interlog.com
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If I remember right, that 15 meg disk was REALLY large, although I may be
thinking of an earlier version. Measurements would be about 9" thick by
25-30 deep, nearly as broad. I don't think that'd fit in the case without
a lot of coaxing. I know we have a couple of those old drives
squirrelled away, and they aren't small. Neither is the one for the 6000
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Steve Robertson wrote:
Thats the same size as the 3 8M ones I got with my M2. Perhaps there was
later model that took advantage of the advancing technology.
Ward D.
Griffiths III wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Hmm? No Model 16 ever contained a hard drive --
do you mean the board
to attach an external? The only machine in that series that ever had
an internal HD was the Tandy 6000HD. The original 16 could not have
that upgrade as could the 12/16b/6000 due to lack of room.
The plastic cover plate on the front of the machine says "15 MEG DISK
SYSTEM" and there is a controller card (MFM?) in the cage. The ribbon
cables for the drive are fairly short and were routed internally. There
was also a "Sector Error Map" attached to the top of the drive bays.
There seems to be plenty of room and it sure looks like a drive was
mounted internally?
Are there any special requirements for the 16B hard drive?
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor