Optimem 600 worm drives

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu Apr 6 17:01:55 2000

>I may still have some documentation, etc, for Optimem hardware. I once had
>the task of integrating them in to a microVAX in place of the TK50. If the
>doc's turn up in the next few days, I'll let you know. They may help with
>the eBay auction.
>
>They subsequently went under and were acquired by Sperry, IIRC.

Any information should help. I don't think these have some special value,
except maybe to some certain small group that still uses them, but it was
one of those if I don't buy it, it goes in the shredder. Most disgusting. I
was only able to save two out of four brand new units I found, the other
two were a bit mashed by sloppy loading.

I "think" I know someone who may have a LOT of these sitting in a warehouse
in the factory shipping boxes, so I am going to discretely question him on
media etc. RJ Kuhlman (the SCSI guy always selling drives etc. in the SCSI
newsgroups) has been trying to sell some of these for the last few months,
starting at $150 and latest was $100 w del, so maybe the batch I knew of
has been shifted.
Received on Thu Apr 06 2000 - 17:01:55 BST