600 RPM 3.5 inch drives (was Re: Lubing Shugart 800,801's?)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sat Apr 15 21:37:44 2000

Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I've seen these 600rpm drives used by both HP (9114A 9114B, 9121, 9122,
> 9123, 9133, etc) and Apricot.

I have an HP "Pompard" prototype disk drive, made in spring of 1984.
It's a dual 3.5 inch drive in a 9121-like case, but with an HP-IL
interface rather than HP-IB. It's not battery powered, but I believe
that the HP 9114A was derived from this design.

There are jumpers in the unit for one drive or two, and for
single- or dual-head drives. But it's not apparently which way
the jumper setting for the heads is, and I can't see enough through
the flap to tell if there are two heads by visual inspection.

The drives are Sony model OA-D32W. Does anyone know from that model
number whether they are single- or dual-head?

Thanks!
Eric
Received on Sat Apr 15 2000 - 21:37:44 BST

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