On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> If I remember right, that 15 meg disk was REALLY large, although I may be
> thinking of an earlier version. Measurements would be about 9" thick by
> 25-30 deep, nearly as broad. I don't think that'd fit in the case without
> a lot of coaxing. I know we have a couple of those old drives
> squirrelled away, and they aren't small. Neither is the one for the 6000
You mistake the container for the contents. The external drive unit
was in a larger box than necessary even when it first came out. The
box contained the power supply, the controller board for all four
drives (the card in the computer was basically a bus adapter to give
the 2/12/16/6000 system a Model 3/4 expansion bus) and a full height
5.25" Tandon drive. The drive in the 6000HD (available as an
upgrade for the 12 and later systems) was a half-height unit and
allowed only one secondary drive while the external primaries
allowed three.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
Received on Wed Apr 07 1999 - 09:31:01 BST