Honeywell 316s? Re: Honeywell Level 6 Mainframe

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Feb 17 14:43:25 2000

At 08:21 PM 2/12/00 -0800, you wrote:
>IBM developed the front loading 2315 disc drive in the 60's, and is the
>basis for Diablo 31, Wanco, Pertec, HP 7900, and DEC RK05 2.5Mb single
>platter removable disc drives.
>
>>Pertec Blue, I would suspect someone would want them for their Altair
8800b's
>
> No, these aren't floppy drives.
>
>I know.. take a look at the Pertec adds in Byte in the early 80's, and there
>should be pictures of these drives in configurations with late MITS systems
>after MITS was bought by Pertec.
>
>Plessey also sold Pertec drives with their clone of the RK-11 disc
controller.
>
Received on Thu Feb 17 2000 - 14:43:25 GMT

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