13 Apr
2010
13 Apr
'10
2:52 p.m.
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Tom Gardner wrote:
As I wrote in a reply to Tony, I screwed up. It is indeed four platters
and a stepper. The drive is clearly badged as a Memorex 102. Going in
too many directions at once here, I think :-).
Message: 27
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:01:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Memorex 102 20MB Hard disk
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone on the list seen or work with one of these? I received a
>> Morrow M-20 8-inch hard disk along with my N* Horizon and found the
>> Memorex 102 disk mechanism inside (what a beast!).
<snip> The drive is
not particularly small, BTW. This is a beast of an 8" drive
mechanism with five platters and a voice-coil positioned.
The Memorex 102 had four platters and a stepper motor. A 10 ohm resistor would limit the inrush to 2.4 Amps
with zero spindle motor
resistance. Given the 112 has an inrush of 4.5 Amps, this further suggests
this is not a 102.
Ok, but that doesn't change the fact that the drive is labeled as a 102.
I have a disassembled 101 in my garage if that would
help and I can find it
Would you have any interest in parting with it should I need any custom
components? Methinks the custom logic may be the same between the models.
And, thanks for the input and help. I don't know what I'd do without
cctech.
Steve
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