William Donzelli wrote:
>
> > Once long ago I had a IBM-2310 Disk storage unit ( single drive ).
> > Nothing like 250+ LB floppy capacity drive running off of 240 VAC.
> > With a 500,000 16 bit word capacity per removable media many aps
> > never used a file sytem but just wrote directly to the disk.
>
> 2311, perhaps? A cool drive, in many aspects. It is a quite early design
> (1965). I have one of these, but no media (anyone have one? I think it is
> called a 2316), and it will remain quite braindead, as I do not have the
> 2841 control unit. The 2311 does almost nothing - very little electronics
> in the box, other than the read/write amplifiers. Almost everything is
> in the control unit, including the power supplies.
>
> The coolest thing about 2311s is the method used to drive the heads - it
> is hydraulic. These drives are full of oil lines, a little pump, and even
> a little cup to catch the leaks.
>
> Do you have any parts or information about this drive left? I would be
> very interested, as I would like to get the thing at least spinning some day.
>
> William Donzelli
> aw288_at_osfn.org
All I have from that IBM stuff is the book 'Programing the IBM 1130'
by J.K. Hughes. What I do remember is that the logic sure used a lot
of one-shots and delay lines.
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Received on Sun Jan 27 2002 - 16:50:05 GMT