I think I noted anywhere from 500 meg to 1.2 gig .. depending on
the version. These are "E" type so I assume they were fairly late in the
evolution. I was told they were providing storage for a 370.
Craig
Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> On April 2, ip500 wrote:
> > In case anyone wants to take a look ... I shot a couple of quick
> > pictures of these huge IBM disk drives and stuck them:
> > http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdiscfront.JPG
> > http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdisccu.JPG
> > http://members.home.net/ip500/ibmdiscback.JPG
> > No good reference for scale, but they are about 4' long X 2' dia
> > and weigh approx 140 pounds [that's not including the motor & belt drive
> > visable in picture 1]. These were mounted as pictured [upright], 2 to a
> > cabinet, the motors were mounted above the drives and ran a 1.5" width
> > belt down to the drive pulley. I can hardly beliefe these are circa
> > 1985!
>
> Wow...that disk is BEEFY. What's the capacity on that beastie
> again?
>
> -Dave McGuire
Received on Mon Apr 02 2001 - 19:51:27 BST
