5 Jul
2003
5 Jul
'03
8:34 a.m.
Hello folks,
I wonder, does anyone know what were the highest capacity ESDI hard disks made?
Were there any in the 1 GB range? And last but not least, where can I find such
drives?
MS
5 Jul
5 Jul
10:20 a.m.
--- Michael Sokolov <msokolov(a)ivan.Harhan.ORG> wrote:
Hello folks,
I wonder, does anyone know what were the highest capacity ESDI hard disks
made?
Not sure.
Were there any in the 1 GB range?
Yes. I have a couple of 1.2GB ESDI drives in an MBA brand box with an
SDI converter attached to my VAX 8200.
And last but not least, where can I find such drives?
Dunno, but I'd love to find some largish ESDI drives now... I just
got a QD21. I have some Micropoliz 1355 drives that came out of
old Sun 3 installations that were attached to some Emulex SCSI<->ESDI
bridges. They are about the same capacity as an RD54 (~150MB), so
for me, anything larger would be of interest. I'd be happy with 200MB
or larger to use with 2.11 BSD.
-ethan
11:47 a.m.
I wonder, does
anyone know what were the highest capacity ESDI hard disks
made?
Not sure. And last but
not least, where can I find such drives?
Dunno, but I'd love to find some largish ESDI drives now... I just
got a QD21. I have some Micropoliz 1355 drives that came out of
old Sun 3 installations that were attached to some Emulex SCSI<->ESDI
bridges. They are about the same capacity as an RD54 (~150MB), so
for me, anything larger would be of interest. I'd be happy with 200MB
or larger to use with 2.11 BSD. 
12:07 p.m.
http://www.harddriveshop.com
I hate to say this, but I suspect it might actually be
easier to find a cheap Q-Bus SCSI controller at this point. Granted it takes some luck,
but I've not found a ESDI drive in several years. I'll admit I'm not
*looking*, but at the same time I'd probably pick up a large ESDI drive if I found
one.
--
http://webpages.charter.net/jrice54/classiccomp2.html
12:52 p.m.
Dunno, but I'd love to find some largish ESDI
drives now... I just
got a QD21. I have some Micropoliz 1355 drives that came out of
old Sun 3 installations that were attached to some Emulex SCSI<->ESDI
bridges. They are about the same capacity as an RD54 (~150MB), so
for me, anything larger would be of interest. I'd be happy with 200MB
or larger to use with 2.11 BSD.
I've got a couple of ESDI drives that I've had since they were hot and new
that I'd give away for the cost of shipping. No guarantee on working
condition, but they were okay when put in storage:
Imprimis/CDC 94196-766 FH 766MB
Miniscribe 3180E HH 160MB
Jim
2 p.m.
Michael Sokolov wrote:
Hello folks,
I wonder, does anyone know what were the highest capacity ESDI hard disks made?
Were there any in the 1 GB range? And last but not least, where can I find such
drives?
Jerome Fine replies:
Hitachi produced the DK516-15 drive which has 1.2 GBytes.
I used to use them both with a real PDP-11 with a Sigma
RQD11-EC controller and on a Pentium 166 MMX with
an Ultrastore (if I remember that controller name correctly)
controller.
I am gradually selling them as I stop needing the backups
I made. They are VERY heavy even for a 5 1/4" full
height drive. I am in Toronto.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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4:37 p.m.
On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
You do, just drop the 'e'. Nice hardware!
- don
Michael Sokolov
wrote:
Hello folks,
I wonder, does anyone know what were the highest capacity ESDI hard disks made?
Were there any in the 1 GB range? And last but not least, where can I find such
drives?
Jerome Fine replies:
Hitachi produced the DK516-15 drive which has 1.2 GBytes.
I used to use them both with a real PDP-11 with a Sigma
RQD11-EC controller and on a Pentium 166 MMX with
an Ultrastore (if I remember that controller name correctly) controller.
I am gradually selling them as I stop needing the backups
I made. They are VERY heavy even for a 5 1/4" full
height drive. I am in Toronto.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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