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>From: Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
>Subject: Couple of items available . . .
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>I've got four Iomega Bournoulli Boxes, model A210H, if anybody wants them.
>I can maybe think of a few bits to swap for them but that doesn't matter. I
>just need the room (as several list members who've visited us can attest)
>and want them to go to a new home.
>
>I can ship but just reimburse me for the shipping cost and maybe purchase
>of a proper shipping carton or two as needed. Seem to weigh 15 to 20 lbs.
>each. Zip code 14701.
>
>Also, any interest in several IBM 3287 printers? Dot matrix 132 column page
>printers which use SNA network interface.
I have had a few questions asking (basically) what those Bournoulli Boxes
are. Please forgive me as I thought they were somewhat well known - but
that's probably because we used them all over the plant where I once worked
and I kinda got used to them. Plus, it's been a relatively long time since
they fell out use and younger folks of course wouldn't know much of them.
At any rate, they are a removeable media mass storage device which uses
what are essentially disk cartridges. Vintage '82-'85, I think. The media
inside its case, IIRC, is similar to an 8" floppy disk except encased in a
rigid plastic case. The cart is something like 8" wide, about 12" long and
about 5/8" or so thick.
These model A210H units have two 10 megabyte drives within a single
enclosure. It measures approximately 5 inches high, about 12 inches wide
and about 13-14 inches front-to-back.
The PC XT, AT and compatible host machines had installed within themselves
a proprietary ISA card with a cable from it to the Bournoulli Box. I know
I've got at least two of these cards tucked away somewhere but I need to
dig and hunt for them. They're packed away in one of the boxes from our
move to this house several years ago. I've got a software driver disk or
two around too. Same thing: where the h*** are they at the moment? But I
can find them with diligent hunting. We live on a 66' x 210' lot and they
can be eventually found :-)
Iomega's Bournoulli Boxes were great for use as backup of the contemporary
20-to-80 mb hard disks of that era. That is what these units had been used
for at my ex-employer along with their use as local data storage for daily
Customer Service and Field Service records. I rescued them when we cleaned
out an off site warehouse back in the mid 90's.
I've also got maybe a dozen or more of the cartridges, too, which I just found.
Yours for the taking too. Same conditions as previously stated (pay
shipping, help towards a shipping box if actually needed, etc.,
yadda-yadda-yadda).
Come and get 'em.
Thanks. -Chris
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NNNN
Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt_at_netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
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Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 20:30:07 GMT