12 Feb
2000
12 Feb
'00
12:56 p.m.
"What does the formatter box look like?"
Pertec formatters are about 3" high very boring looking rack mounted
boxes. They may have been used with an internal 2315 style disc interface
in the 316. The drives themselves are 2.5 mb (or 5 if there's a fixed
disc underneath the removable) 2315 style devices. If they're the original
Pertec Blue, I would suspect someone would want them for their Altair 8800b's
12 Feb
12 Feb
2:40 p.m.
At 06:56 PM 2/12/00 -0800, Al wrote:
"What does the formatter box look like?"
Pertec formatters are about 3" high very boring looking rack mounted
boxes. They may have been used with an internal 2315 style disc interface
in the 316. The drives themselves are 2.5 mb (or 5 if there's a fixed
disc underneath the removable) 2315 style devices.
OK, I'll show my ignorance, what's a 2315 style device or 2315
interface? I wonder if the formatters might be attached to the drives?
If they're the original
Pertec Blue, I would suspect someone would want them
for their Altair 8800b's
No, these aren't floppy drives. It looks like these use a removeable
platter that's about 14" across. If they had been Pertec floppy drives I
would have grabbed them! The whole box is about the same size as the
Honeywell but about 2 inches taller. Roughly 18" w x 15" h x 20" deep.
Joe
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