31 May
2013
31 May
'13
3:27 a.m.
From: Alan Perry <aperry at snowmoose.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 11:01:59 -0700
Subject: Still looking for a home - RA81 parts
I (still) have parts from a DEC RA81 HDD that I took apart years ago that
I would like to get rid of. I posted them here a while ago, but figured
that I would try again since I am trying to clear out space in the garage
for a car project.
I am primarily concerned with finding a home for the two larger parts.
1. The HDD minus the HDA. It is 28" x 18" x 10" and is fairly heavy. It
has all of the boards. It is everything except the platters and heads. I
imagine that, if you powered it up and hooked a tty to the serial port, you
run diagnostics on it. Though, without a HDA, not many tests would pass.
2. An empty HDA. This is the aluminum housing that the platters and head
assemblies once occupied.
Located on Bainbridge Island, across from Seattle. Probably too big/heavy
to ship.
alan
Is the optical sensor still on the bottom of the HDA?
The RICM has a bunch of RA81 drives that don't generate the pulses from the
spindle sensor.