Looking for old Memorex gear - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Aug 2011

Memorex was the first independent disk pack manufacturer, beating Caelus by
several months.  The decoder ring for you IBM types
1316: Mark I (2311)
2316: Mark VI (2314)
3336: Mark X (3330)
3336-11: Mark XI (3330-11)
3348 Data Module: Data Mark

I don't think Telex was first in any disk area, first PCM tape subsystems
for sure.

Memorex was first to ship a 2311 PCM and OEM and the first to ship a 2314
OEM.  ISS probably beat Memorex on a 2314 PCM and I don't have a clue as to
3330.

Of course the first OEM disk drive company was Bryant.

Tom

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  3) Mark I, V, VI, X or XI disk packs  
 I'm not familiar with those model names but I suspect I might know them as
 a "Memorex brand 2315 cartridge" or "Memorex brand 3330 pack" or
similar.

 Was Memorex the first maker of IBM-compatible packs? Where did Caelus come
 in the scheme?

 For a while in the mid-2000's there was a Memorex brand USB keychain
 drive, which I swear was styled to look exactly like a miniature little
 disk pack. Not a very efficient of pocket space but wow, did it look like
 an old disk pack :-).

  4) A Data Mark module  
 Help refresh my memory... Data Mark was Memorex's version of the IBM 3348?
 Head and positioner inside the cartridge?

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 On 1 Aug 2011 at 13:25, Shoppa, Tim wrote:

  Was Memorex the first maker of IBM-compatible
packs? Where did Caelus
 come in the scheme?  
 Would perhaps Telex be the first, at least for the 3330 disk drives?

 --Chuck 