On Tue, 8 May 2012, Glen Slick wrote: The 2109E boots from the HPDrive emulator running on a Windoze box, pretending to be a 7925H. The OS is RTE-6/VM. The 2647A is connected as the system console, and a second BACI is connected to COM2 on the PC and the QCTerm terminal emulation software. Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/

On Tue, 8 May 2012, Glen Slick wrote: I will be writing up the procedure, in the near future. There were a lot of sand traps, along the way. I'll post a note here when it's ready. Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/

Hi Mike, I enjoyed meeting you at the VCF last weekend. I really liked your 2209E and 2467 terminal. It's a beautiful system, really. I'm sure you talked to a ton of people, and can't remember everyone. You described in some detail how you were finally able to remove the screen glass cover, and get rid of the glue to remove the "screen rot". I was interested because I have an HP9845A with the same affliction. I wish I could have spent more time reading your posters and poking around your hardware, but I didn't allot enough time at the exhibits this year. Next year I will know better. Just wanted to touch base, and congratulate you on a first rate exhibit. Best regards, Dave

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, mc68010 wrote: Damn. That's cool. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_!

On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Tom Uban wrote: D'ya mean that because it wasn't likely to get installed, that they might have tried to slip by a dead one?

On 2/15/2013 1:53 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: What bothers me more is it upside down. I feel like I might be becoming OCD every time I look at the picture. I know the other side is kind of boring but, still I wish they had flipped it over.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013, Tom Gardner wrote: Naah. There are NOT THREE one-millionth of the same drive. The eBay one is one-millionth SA901? The Smithsonian one is one-millionth SA-800? The Weird Stuff one is One-million-and-oneth? SA-800? Who has the one-millionth SA850? (I'd rather have double-sided!)

On 2/16/2013 10:08 AM, mc68010 wrote: SA901 that is.

I am pretty sure that Shugart lumped the 900, 901 and 801 into one family for counting purposes so that there would only be a single one millionth drive of one model number from that family, and I am also pretty sure that this was the first disk drive family to achieve 1 million units produced. I doubt if the 900, 901 or 851 achieved one million in and of themselves; the volume was in the 801. BTW I am pretty sure the Smithsonian drive was gold plated. BTW the whole concept of one millionth is fairly ambiguous given the distinction between built, shipped, gross sales and net sales. I suspect these were manufactured on a single day based upon lot sequence number and a calculation of the date from gross prior sales and finished goods inventory. It maybe they pulled finished goods and remanufactured them with the plated castings. To the best of my recollection the early FDDs used pin and socket connectors such as the Ampex M series but went to flat ribbon cable for cost. By the late 70s I think the 801 became standard and everyone offered a Shugart interface compatible drive. FWIW, I joined Shugart just after all this and have asked some of the more senior alumni for comments Tom