How many computers?

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Sat Jul 18 21:20:41 1998

> Lawrence Walker wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > < > TRS80 model II with 3 physically huge 8 meg HDDs
> > > <
> > > < 8 meg ? not five ? Whats the type and manufacturer ?
> > > < Do you have an online picture ?
> > >
> > > Back then SA4000, Memorex M101s were as common as the new ST506/412
> > > drives. I have a M101 here operational on a CCS s100 crate big and
> > > like most of the 8"s clear plastc cover to watch the goings on.
> > >
> > > Allison
> > >
> > That would be cool. Unfortunately mine are in staid business black.
> > don't know who made them for Tandy.
>
> The 8.4 Mb drives for the Model II were (the drive unit itself) a
> Shugart mechanism that Tandy signed a really bad parts contract for,
> even worse than the ones for the (Centronics) Line Printer 1 and the
> (Diablo) Daisy Wheel Printer 1. The later hard disks were mostly
> Tandon, at least until the company caved in to the PC compatible
> craze.
> --
> Ward Griffiths

 Do you know whether Shugart also supplied the FDD s ? If so
they were a vast improvement in size as compared to the Phillips
Shugart I have which is about the same size as the Model II HDDs.
Comparing those to my little Syquest is a time-jolt.
 BTW I am in contact with a chap who has the specs and did the
conversion to 5 1/4 floppies and seems to have alot of invaluable
material on these beasts. He mainly uses a model 16 and 6000 now.
 I took the liberty of forwarding his info message to me, on to you
and will be informing him of that. I'm sure he won't mind.
 
ciao larry.
Received on Sat Jul 18 1998 - 21:20:41 BST