On 7 Apr 99 at 9:37, 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
> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Steve Robertson wrote:
>
Thats the same size as the 3 8M ones I got with my M2. Perhaps there was
later model that took advantage of the advancing technology.
> > Ward D. Griffiths III wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm? No Model 16 ever contained a hard drive -- do you mean the board
> > > to attach an external? The only machine in that series that ever had
> > > an internal HD was the Tandy 6000HD. The original 16 could not have
> > > that upgrade as could the 12/16b/6000 due to lack of room.
> >
> > The plastic cover plate on the front of the machine says "15 MEG DISK
> > SYSTEM" and there is a controller card (MFM?) in the cage. The ribbon
> > cables for the drive are fairly short and were routed internally. There
> > was also a "Sector Error Map" attached to the top of the drive bays.
> > There seems to be plenty of room and it sure looks like a drive was
> > mounted internally?
> >
> > Are there any special requirements for the 16B hard drive?
> >
> >
> > > 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
> >
>
> M. K. Peirce
> Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> 215 Shady Lea Road,
> North Kingstown, RI 02852
>
> "Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
>
>
>
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Received on Wed Apr 07 1999 - 07:24:59 BST