Classic Computer Rescue Squad

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Sun Nov 16 12:02:46 1997

> Is that slapping belt driven by brushed massive motor and a dual head
> racks on opposed fashion like lycoming? Well, we had one fail,
> spindle bearings started to groan and lose speed. :) and you can see
> those rust colored platters through that semi-smoked plastic
> housings. The platter axle is horizontal and in front/back
> direction in relation to user when opening or closing that banging
> sheetmetal blue doors. I think it was between 10 or 14
> thick platters.

I am not sure much about the internals, as most I have seen have had them
mangled by the tines of forklifts.

> What exactly how much MB or MW that was? :)

I think the 3380 boxes could contain many drives (non-RAID, probably), and
those drives could be of various sizes. When I worked a short summer job
fetching tapes for everyone's favorite macaroni-and-cheese maker's 3081, I
think the 3380s were each in the few gigabyte catagory.

Oh, you would not want to drop one of these drives...

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Sun Nov 16 1997 - 12:02:46 GMT