21 Apr
2011
21 Apr
'11
4:23 p.m.
Can up describe it in more detail or better yet post some photos? For
example does it have 20 heads? Is the funny connector the AMP M series, are
there 3 (control in, out and data in/out)? Does the spindle look like the
nose cone of a rocket with a hole in the center? Etc.
CMS might be Caelus Memory Systems but I don't think they ever did a 2314
class machine
I seem to recall a Computer Memory Systems but I think they were much later
Could be some variant on CalComp or Century Data Systems
Tom
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:55:56 -0400
From: William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
Subject: CMS disk drive?
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I have encountered an old 14" disk drive - it looks like it is
probably a clone of an IBM 2314. It does not look like a 2314 at all
(it is plain blue box with, that sort of looks like a 2311, but with
more heads), and no tag at all. The drive interface uses that goofy
connector that the late 60s IBM drives standardized on, for talking to
the control units. The boards all have "CMS" stamped on them. Any
ideas? Was CMS, whoever they were, one of the early clone companies?
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Will