In a message dated 2/15/02 7:08:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, ken_at_seefried.com
writes:
> The drive is roughly 3"w x 2.5"h x 7"d, and consists of a 3-board sandwitch.
>
> It uses FBM-C128GA bubble memory cartridges. Interestingly, many of the
> cartridges that I got have "Amdahl" stickers on them.
>
We got in several 100 units that had a drive installed that sounds similar to
this. They were remote power monitoring stations, kind of like an electric
meter but with a bubble memory drive with a bubble memory cart plugged into
it. We got lots of carts, too. This was about 10 years ago. They came from
the State of Washington IIRC.
I was surprised to see them. Before that the only bubble stuff we had seen
came from Intel. IIRC they were of Japanese mfg., I don't remember if they
were Fujitsu but it is possible. They used a removable 128K memory module,
about 3/4X1X2 inches in size that plugs in and out of a socket on the drive.
They were remote power loggers. Someone showed up, pulled the bubble cart,
replaced it with another and took the just pulled one down to the office and
read it.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
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