Picture (was : Saved from garbage truck : TRS80 Model II & disk system! Now keyboard and boot disk/software anyone?)

From: Mike Cheponis <mac_at_Wireless.Com>
Date: Mon May 21 14:22:23 2001

That looks like a RAMAC to me. Was its number "1301" ?

-Mike

On Mon, 21 May 2001, Hans Franke wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 20:53:06 +0200
> From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
> Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Picture (was : Saved from garbage truck : TRS80 Model II & disk
> system! Now keyboard and boot disk/software anyone?)
>
>
> BTW: on Claudes page there is a nice picture titled:
> "Hard Disk rack and several disks in there...no idea on the model..."
> http://members.tripod.com/computer_collector/pics/1960s/hdiskplt.jpg
>
> To me it looks a bit like an IBM 1301 Disk drive ... remember ?
> The first ever commercial disk unit ... whooping 280.000.000 characters
> and up to 3 access arms, the size of an industrial robot :))
>
> Gruss
> H.
>
> --
> VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
> http://www.vcfe.org/
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