9 Jan
2020
9 Jan
'20
8:57 p.m.
Hi all --
Got one of these:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/amcodyne/7110/Arapahoe_7110_Brochure_Nov84.pdf
sans power supply and packs. I'm guessing that these packs were specific
to this drive and not any sort of standard, and that tracking one down is
going to require quite a bit of luck. Figured I'd start here :). Also
looking for technical info (pinouts for the power connector would be a good
start...)
Thanks as always,
Josh
10 Jan
10 Jan
4:12 a.m.
On 1/9/20 8:57 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
Hi all --
Got one of these:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/amcodyne/7110/Arapahoe_7110_Brochure_Nov84.pdf
sans power supply and packs.
HP used them in one of their disk products, that is probably where the eBay
guy pulled the drive from, since he has a LOT of HP disk parts he's been
selling off.
I also have a couple of the drives, w/o media or any more docs. If we can
identify the HP product, its early enough that HP would have printed a good
service manual.
12:02 p.m.
On 2020-01-10 7:12 a.m., Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 1/9/20 8:57 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
Is it from the HP 7907A drive? The 20.5 MB capacity (each) for the
fixed and removable discs seems to match. It's roughly the same time
frame, too.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=555
Hi all --
Got one of these:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/amcodyne/7110/Arapahoe_7110_Brochure_Nov84.pdf
sans power supply and packs.
HP used them in one of their disk products, that is probably where the eBay
guy pulled the drive from, since he has a LOT of HP disk parts he's been
selling off.
I also have a couple of the drives, w/o media or any more docs. If we can
identify the HP product, its early enough that HP would have printed a good
service manual.
1:06 p.m.
yup! that looks like it!
On 1/10/20 12:02 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote:
Is it from the HP 7907A drive? The 20.5 MB capacity
(each) for the
fixed and removable discs seems to match. It's roughly the same time
frame, too.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=555
1:09 p.m.
here is the disk
https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=561
the hardware support manual is 07907-90903
On 1/10/20 1:06 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
yup! that looks like it!
On 1/10/20 12:02 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote:
Is it from the HP 7907A drive? The 20.5 MB
capacity (each) for the
fixed and removable discs seems to match. It's roughly the same time
frame, too.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=555
1:12 p.m.
and it looks like I have a pc board
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/disc/photos/7907/07907-60003_7907_DTC_488_F…
The controller was made by DTC
On 1/10/20 1:09 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
here is the disk
https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=561
the hardware support manual is 07907-90903
On 1/10/20 1:06 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
yup! that looks like it!
On 1/10/20 12:02 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote:
Is it from the HP 7907A drive? The 20.5 MB
capacity (each) for the
fixed and removable discs seems to match. It's roughly the same time
frame, too.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=555
1:15 p.m.
some packs
https://www.ebay.com/itm//362021616865
On 1/10/20 1:12 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
and it looks like I have a pc board
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/disc/photos/7907/07907-60003_7907_DTC_488_F…
The controller was made by DTC
On 1/10/20 1:09 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
here is the disk
https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=561
the hardware support manual is 07907-90903
On 1/10/20 1:06 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
yup! that looks like it!
On 1/10/20 12:02 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote:
Is it from the HP 7907A drive? The 20.5 MB
capacity (each) for the
fixed and removable discs seems to match. It's roughly the same time
frame, too.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=555
1:47 p.m.
Thanks everyone for the information -- that definitely looks like the same
drive mechanism. I had no idea HP sold a drive like that.
I think I may wait for the price to come down a bit on those packs, though
:).
- Josh
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 1:23 PM Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
some packs
https://www.ebay.com/itm//362021616865
On 1/10/20 1:12 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
and it looks like I have a pc board
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/disc/photos/7907/07907-60003_7907_DTC_488_F…
The controller was made by DTC
On 1/10/20 1:09 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
here is the disk
https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=561
the hardware support manual is 07907-90903
On 1/10/20 1:06 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
yup! that looks like it!
On 1/10/20 12:02 PM, John-Paul Stewart via cctalk wrote:
> Is it from the HP 7907A drive? The 20.5 MB capacity (each) for the
> fixed and removable discs seems to match. It's roughly the same time
> frame, too.
>
> http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=555
>
2:02 p.m.
I checked my drive, pn 7110S-HP
likely SASI, that DTC board is a SASI to HPIB bridge
Maybe HPMuseum knows where there are used packs. My drive looks like it came off of a
HP1000 system (LU40 and 42)
I just checked all of the scans I made from Crisis Computer's service library and it
figures I didn't scan the
binder with 7907 info. From the binder inventory I did, they had the depot hardware
manual.
On 1/10/20 1:47 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Thanks everyone for the information -- that definitely
looks like the same drive mechanism.? I had no idea HP sold a
drive like that.
I think I may wait for the price to come down a bit on those packs, though :).
3:20 p.m.
I have one or two packs and a drive in the museum but that's all. If I had a surplus
of packs I'd be happy to share...
David Collins
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Subject: Re: Info / packs for Amcodyne 7110 "Arapahoe" drive?
I checked my drive, pn 7110S-HP
likely SASI, that DTC board is a SASI to HPIB bridge
Maybe HPMuseum knows where there are used packs. My drive looks like it came off of a
HP1000 system (LU40 and 42)
I just checked all of the scans I made from Crisis Computer's service library and it
figures I didn't scan the binder with 7907 info. From the binder inventory I did, they
had the depot hardware manual.
On 1/10/20 1:47 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
Thanks everyone for the information -- that definitely
looks like the
same drive mechanism. I had no idea HP sold a drive like that.
I think I may wait for the price to come down a bit on those packs, though :).
5:18 a.m.
Right off the bat it looks like a CDC Lark pack. Wonder if the whole
thing is a re-badged Lark.
Once I get these RL02's out of the way I'll drag my Lark out from the
shed and start looking at it. If I recall one drive is in the shed, one
in the attic along with the power supply. Then again I thought I had one
Porsche 911E fuel pump in the shed, but that was sold years ago. Hm.....
C
On 1/9/2020 11:57 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
Hi all --
Got one of these:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/amcodyne/7110/Arapahoe_7110_Brochure_Nov84.pdf
sans power supply and packs. I'm guessing that these packs were specific
to this drive and not any sort of standard, and that tracking one down is
going to require quite a bit of luck. Figured I'd start here :). Also
looking for technical info (pinouts for the power connector would be a good
start...)
Thanks as always,
Josh
9:08 a.m.
On 1/10/20 5:18 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Right off the bat it looks like a CDC Lark pack.
Wonder if the whole thing is a re-badged Lark.
There were three different companies that made 8" drives like that, Amcodyne,
Datapoint/Honeywell-Bull, and CDC
I don't think the packs were interchangeable.
A Lark pack looks like this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232764466348
amcodyne
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4530022A
9:47 a.m.
On 2020-Jan-10, at 9:08 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
On 1/10/20 5:18 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
There's also the REC RC25, fixed & removable 26M platters.
Right off the bat it looks like a CDC Lark pack.
Wonder if the whole thing is a re-badged Lark.
There were three different companies that made 8" drives like that, Amcodyne,
Datapoint/Honeywell-Bull, and CDC
I don't think the packs were interchangeable.
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