IBM 3380 disk drives / info?

From: ip500 <ip500_at_home.com>
Date: Sun Mar 18 19:59:23 2001

        Among my pickups over the weekend were a pair of these HUGE IBM
3380 drives. Couldn't even begin to find room for the entire unit with
its
cabinet and controllers, but did scavange the drives and motors out of
the cabinet. Biggest drive I've ever seen. Belt driven! from an external
1.5
HP motor ..these things are Big! Cast alluminium housing w/14" discs,
the whole assembly seems about 1/2 the size of a V-6 auto eng!
        IBM site has several references to them, circa early 80's I gather
but they sure look older than that. What I'd like to find is IBM
publication #GC26-4491 [IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage Intro] and/or IBM
pub #GX26-1678 [Storage Reference Summary]. Neither seems to be in the
on-line library from IBM.
        Any other info or dating is always welcome too.
        Thanks, Craig
Received on Sun Mar 18 2001 - 19:59:23 GMT