HDD died in a spectacular way

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Sun May 3 19:01:29 1998

On May 3, 23:23, Tony Duell wrote:
> Pete Turnbull wrote:

> > I have a couple of 14" Fujitsus (a massive 135MB apiece) similar to
that.
>
> Well, that Shugart I mentioned is either 12Mbytes or 24Mbytes depending
> on how many disks/heads were fitted at the factory.
>
> > They're the predecessors to the Eagles, which have heavy cast metal
HDA
> > enclosures. Much more fun to watch (and listen to).
>
> I remember the Eagle... I've got the service manual somewhere (given to
> me along with some other manuals) and I once had to repair a later drive
> (2361???) that was somewhat similar to the Eagle (maybe it was called a
> Double Eagle or something - I forget). The HDAs in those drives certainly
> look impressive.

Super Eagle. Impressive? Yes, those fins really are there to cool it.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Sun May 03 1998 - 19:01:29 BST

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