Control Data 9766 drive on epay

[systems_glitch]

Interesting, I've just picked up two 9766s and two OEMed CDC pack drives
(unsure of model # yet). I might be bugging you about spares :P

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 2:09 PM William Donzelli via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> There is a Make Offer option, and it does look like the seller does
> take offers fairly regularly. I will not be buying it.
>
> If someone does, I have a huge amount of spares for 976x drives,
> including refurbished heads. It might take a while to find them in my
> mess, however.
>
> --
> Will
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:43 PM P Gebhardt via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > Just came across this:
> >
> >
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computing-CDC-Magnetic-Peripherals-Control-Data-9766-Storage-Module/143351908424?hash=item2160708848:g:3yEAAOSw1oJdTo9u
> >
> > Haven't seen one listed in years. The price lets me assume that this
> offer addresses customers that may use these drives in a production
> environment or so...
> > I am not aware of museums or hobbyists who have such drives currently in
> a functional state to read and write from and to 80MB (CDC 9762) or 300MB
> (CDC 9766) disk packs. Maybe the CHM? ... not taking into consideration the
> CHM activities related to the Xerox disk cartidge  (2315-equivalent)
> software archive project.
> > Anybody out there? Would be interesting to know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Pierre
> >
> >
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