21 Feb
2013
21 Feb
'13
3:22 a.m.
Hi,
can someone identify this disk cartridge and drive?
http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev/tmp/unknown/
I don't have better quality photos.
The cartridge is made by Dysan and is about 8" in size.
Christian
21 Feb
21 Feb
5:22 a.m.
Looks like some of the old WORM drives (Write Once, Read Many) that we have
here. They were kind of like Zip drives, in that the cartridge was firm
plastic, but you could not erase them. As far as I know, WORM drives came in
8" and 5.25", mostly SCSI interface.
Cindy Croxton
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Subject: Unknown disk cartridge + drive
Hi,
can someone identify this disk cartridge and drive?
http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev/tmp/unknown/
I don't have better quality photos.
The cartridge is made by Dysan and is about 8" in size.
Christian
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10:59 a.m.
It looks like one of the several 8-inch cartridges and associated drives
from the early 1980s. Manufacturers included Amcodyne,
CDC (9454/5/7),
Century Data, Data Peripherals, DEC (RC25) and Vermont Research
I doubt if Dysan made WORM
Take a good look at the drive, it should have a technical data plate listing
the manufacturer. If the plate is missing, the pchs should have the drive
manufacturers name or logo.
Tom
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On Behalf Of Christian Corti
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:23 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Unknown disk cartridge + drive
Hi,
can someone identify this disk cartridge and drive?
http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev/tmp/unknown/
I don't have better quality photos.
The cartridge is made by Dysan and is about 8" in size.
Christian
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11:50 a.m.
Any idea of the interface on the drive? SMD ANSI? ST506, ESDI or SCSI/SASI?
I had several SMD variants, including ones with removable media, and
some 5 1/4" drives which were ESDI interface that had single platter 5"
sized media.
On 2/21/2013 11:02 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 2/21/13 3:22 AM, Christian Corti wrote:
The cartridge is made by Dysan and is about
8" in size.
the cartridge is 8" across?
any idea how wide or how many platters there are? I'm guessing 5" single?
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