Old bits

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Tue Jun 8 18:17:18 1999

On Jun 8, 11:48, Charles E. Fox wrote:

> I received several boxes of old parts, I hope someone might be
> able to tell me something about them.
>
> 1- Seagate ST-251
> 3- ST-4384E (94186-383H).
> 1- Control Data 94166-182
> 1- Miniscribe 3053

ST-251 is an early 5.25" ST412-style (ie buffered step) 42MB (formatted)
MFM drive, 820 cyl, 6 hd, 17 spt, 3600 rpm.

ST-4384E is a 319MB (formatted 34 spt, 384MB unformatted) 5.25" ESDI RLL
drive, 1412 cyl, 13 hd, 34 spt, 3600 rpm, voice-coil actuated.

CDC 94166-182 is an ST4182E, 5.25" 151.8MB (formatted 34spt, 182MB
unformatted) ESDI RLL drive, 969 cyl, 9 hd, 34 spt, 3600 rpm, also known as
a Wren 3, and sold under the Imprimis brand.

Miniscribe 3053 is a 5.25" ST412-style 42MB (formatted) MFM drive, 1024
cyl, 5 hd, 17 spt, I don't have the speed but it's probably 3600 rpm.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 18:17:18 BST

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