On April 2, ip500 wrote:
> In case anyone wants to take a look ... I shot a couple of quick
> pictures of these huge IBM disk drives and stuck them:
> http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdiscfront.JPG
> http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdisccu.JPG
> http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdiscback.JPG
> No good reference for scale, but they are about 4' long X 2' dia
> and weigh approx 140 pounds [that's not including the motor & belt drive
> visable in picture 1]. These were mounted as pictured [upright], 2 to a
> cabinet, the motors were mounted above the drives and ran a 1.5" width
> belt down to the drive pulley. I can hardly beliefe these are circa
> 1985!
Wow...that disk is BEEFY. What's the capacity on that beastie
again?
-Dave McGuire
Received on Mon Apr 02 2001 - 19:36:00 BST
