7 Nov
2012
7 Nov
'12
3:10 p.m.
I need to get rid of 60 boxes of stuff, and clear out my office.
First up are some disk drive manuals.
Pickup free in Berkeley, or pay priority mail, rounded up to the nearest
multiple of $5
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
(originals except where specified otherwise, although some of the
originals appear to have been originally printed with a copier)
Fujitsu
"M2301B/M2302B : Microdisk Drives : CE Manual" xerox
handwritten "LSI Version"
MPI
"Flexible disk drive Model 51/52 Product Manual" xerox copy
Mitsubishi
"Double-Sided Double Density Flexible Disk Drive M2894-63 : Standard
Specifications"
Seagate: (In generic binder):
"ST506/412 OEM Manual" 36 pages 5.25" x 8.5" two holes drilled for
fitting in generic 3 hole binder Feb 82
"ST506 Maintenance Manual" 53 pages 8.5 X 11 XEROGRAPHIC copy May 1982
(in another generic binder):
Shugart:
"8 Inch Floppy Disks Format Manual" December 1981 Stapled and
drilled for binder, blue cover Business Reply cards - "Technical Publications
Suggestion Form"!
"The Headstrong Product Family" 10/79 11 x 25.5 double sided folded to
8.5X11 Pictures and "Comparative Detailed Specifications For All Shugart
Disk Drives"
"SA400 minifloppy(tm) Diskette Storage Drive OEM Manual" 8.5 X 11
Saddle stitched (and drilled) 2/77
"SA400 minifloppy(tm) Diskette Storage Drive OEM Manual" "Revision 5"
8.5 X 11 Saddle stitched (and drilled) 2/77
Sony:
dozen loose xerox pages
""This chapter provides information on the standard disk drive fitted
within the Apricot, the Sony OA-D31V . . ."
(3.5" 70 track 600RPM, . . . Page 4,5 is "Interface Connection", with
hand-written pin numbers added)
Teac "Mini Flexible Disk Drive Specification : FD55A, FD55B, FD-55E,
FD-55F, FD-55G" [what would the FD-55C and FD-55D be?]
Xerographic copy. Comb (GNC) binding
Weltec:
"Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk Drive :
Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
7 Nov
7 Nov
4:51 p.m.
On 11/07/2012 03:10 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Teac "Mini Flexible Disk Drive Specification :
FD55A, FD55B, FD-55E,
FD-55F, FD-55G" [what would the FD-55C and FD-55D be?]
Xerographic copy. Comb (GNC) binding
FD-55C (FH, SS 96tpi) -55D (FH, DS, 96tpi). You'd occasionally see
them retrofitted on Apple II setups.
Weltec:
"Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk Drive :
Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
Betcha that Al K. would like that one for Bitsavers. A unique and
utterly forgettable piece of PC history. Amiga did a similar thing on
their systems for 3.5 HD floppies (i.e. not raise the bridge, but
lowered the water).
--Chuck
5:13 p.m.
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I just sealed the box on a stack of stuff for Al. Maybe I should
hold off on Post office until I hear from him again?
HOWEVER, although the "1.2m in XT" drive is the only Weltec that I really
remember, this doesn't seem to be it! The manual says 300/360 RPM.
The drive described is a normal 1.2M
("-A" V "-R" are READY V Disk Change)
Weltec:
"Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk Drive :
Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
Betcha that Al K. would like that one for
Bitsavers. A unique and
utterly forgettable piece of PC history. Amiga did a similar thing on
their systems for 3.5 HD floppies (i.e. not raise the bridge, but
lowered the water). 
5:51 p.m.
On 11/7/12 5:13 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Weltec:
>> "Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk Drive :
>> Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
> Betcha that Al K. would like that one for Bitsavers. A unique and
> utterly forgettable piece of PC history.
well, there are some things even I won't take.
9:20 p.m.
On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 11/7/12 5:13 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Say it isn't so! :)
Zane
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Weltec:
>> "Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk Drive :
>> Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
> Betcha that Al K. would like that one for Bitsavers. A unique and
> utterly forgettable piece of PC history.
well, there are some things even I won't take.
8 Nov
8 Nov
3:53 p.m.
>>>> Weltec:
>>>> "Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk
Drive :
>>>> Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
>>> Betcha that Al K. would like that one for Bitsavers. A unique and
>>> utterly forgettable piece of PC history.
On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
> well, there are some things even I won't take.
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Say it isn't so! :)
Although even Al wouldn't take the Weltec, he did take half a dozen,
before I even posted them, including the Micropolis.
VERY little interest in books. And these are some of the better ones.
WhatamI gonna do when I get down to the boxes of Sybex books and crappy
books on WordPerfect?
9 Nov
9 Nov
12:19 a.m.
On 08/11/2012 23:53, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Zane H.
Healy wrote:
I hope you don't have the same experience as me. I took some Microsoft
Access 2 books to our local charity shop (they only accept computer
books a few at a time) only to be asked by a friend for help with Access
2....
.... had to go and buy them back and post to him....
--
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
>>> Weltec:
>>> "Product Reference Manual : 5 1/4 Inch Half High Flexible Disk Drive :
>>> Models M16-A/M16-R" 1984
>> Betcha that Al K. would like that one for Bitsavers. A unique and
>> utterly forgettable piece of PC history.
On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Al
Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
> well, there are some things even I won't take. Say it isn't so! :)
Although even Al
wouldn't take the Weltec, he did take half a dozen,
before I even posted them, including the Micropolis.
VERY little interest in books. And these are some of the better ones.
WhatamI gonna do when I get down to the boxes of Sybex books and crappy
books on WordPerfect?
5:42 p.m.
VERY little
interest in books. And these are some of the better ones.
WhatamI gonna do when I get down to the boxes of Sybex books and crappy
books on WordPerfect?
Build a fort and throw AOL CDs at people passing by?
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