"Programmer's Panel" for disk drives

-----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:17 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: "Programmer's Panel" for disk drives Today I spotted what looked like programmer's panel. However upon inspection it turns out that it's a control/test panel for some kind of disk drive. I've seen several of these before so it must have been a MOL standard device despite it's decidedly homemade appearance (bright finished aluminium box about 15" cubed. A sticker inside said that it was made by Magnetic Peripherals. Is anyone familar with these? What type drives coud it operate? Is it worth picking up? This one appeared pretty intact, some key tops were missing but it had the cables still stored inside of it. Joe