28 Apr
2010
28 Apr
'10
1:52 p.m.
On 4/27/10 6:10 PM, "Steven Hirsch" <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
The 8" IMI drive in one of my older Corvus drives
has a clear plexi cover
as does the Fujitsu 8" unit I'm wrestling with currently. Seemed to be a
popular design for the larger form-factor units. I guess they figured if
you're paying $5k for a drive you should be able to watch it work :-).
Steve
A friend had a multi-processor Altos (IIRC) with several 8085's in it, and
it used a 10 or 12 inch Kennedy hard drive, the entire 'bubble' surrounding
the sides and top of the platters and head mechanism was plexi or some
similar material, it was interesting to watch spin up.
Also the 8" drives used in Radio Shack 4 and 8 meg hard drive units had a
clear plastic or plexi top.