28 Oct
2004
28 Oct
'04
2:14 p.m.
Does anybody have any of the old "Beta 20" 5 1/4" 20Mb Bernoulli disks
that they're willing to part with? I picked up a Bering HP-IB drive that
I'd like to test.
Joe
28 Oct
28 Oct
7:52 a.m.
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Does anybody have any of the old "Beta 20"
5 1/4" 20Mb Bernoulli disks
that they're willing to part with? I picked up a Bering HP-IB drive that
I'd like to test.
Hey Joe!
Are you referring to the big black carts that are longer than they are
wide? I know I've got some somewhere but I lost track of them.
Is the Bering drive a compatible or re-badged drive?
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29 Oct
29 Oct
6:49 a.m.
At 12:52 PM 10/28/04 -0700, you wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Joe R. wrote:
I think so but I'm not sure. But not the big 8" wide cartridges. There
are about 5 1/4" wide. Actually also I need a couple of 20 Mb 8"
cartridges for another older Bering drive.
Does anybody have any of the old "Beta
20" 5 1/4" 20Mb Bernoulli disks
that they're willing to part with? I picked up a Bering HP-IB drive that
I'd like to test.
Hey Joe!
Are you referring to the big black carts that are longer than they are
wide? I know I've got some somewhere but I lost track of
them.
The story of my life!
Is the Bering drive a compatible or re-badged drive?
The complete drive unit is made by Bering but it uses to Bernoulli
drives. It has a HP-IB interface and was sold for use with the HP
computers. IEM made similar drives. I have some of both.
Joe
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8:22 p.m.
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Joe R. wrote:
I think so but I'm not sure. But not the big
8" wide cartridges. There
are about 5 1/4" wide. Actually also I need a couple of 20 Mb 8"
cartridges for another older Bering drive.
Duh. The ones I had in mind were the 8". The only 5.25" carthridge I
have is the head cleaner. As far as I know I have none of the media.
I'll see if I have any 8" carts to spare.
The complete drive unit is made by Bering but it
uses to Bernoulli
drives. It has a HP-IB interface and was sold for use with the HP
computers. IEM made similar drives. I have some of both.
They're pretty damn reliable. I read a batch of about 15 that were
written in the middle to late 1980s and I only encountered a few errors on
a couple of the disks.
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