IBM 3480 stuff

From: pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com <(pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com)>
Date: Sat Mar 23 13:09:00 2002

Well, as I've not found anyone willing to come and get a 3480 tape drive
unit from me, I've taken one apart and am planning on selling the 'useful'
bits from it. I still have two drive units completely un-touched, so if
you're interested in them, drop me a line. I'm not looking to get much
money, just enough to cover what I paid for it.

So far, I have available:

2x 3480 Tape drives.. the actual 'drive' taken out of the unit.
1x 3480 drive unit power supply
1x 3480 drive 'air pump' motor + filter + air tubing..
      a 1/3HP, 250VAC motor with an 'air pump' assembly on it, along with
      the IBM air filter assembly and whatever teflon (?) clear tubing
      that came out of the drive unit.
1x 3480 tape drive unit 'display' that has the main 'user-controls' for
      the drive on it.

1x 3480 A22 tape controller 'logic boards unit'.... the set of logic
      boards, backplane, and cable from the 3480's controller. Bunches
      of custom IBM chips and weird-ass cables (don't know the real name,
      look like a 16pin(?) DIP socket stuck on one of those plastic with
      metal traces ribbon-cables.

2x 3480 B22 tape drive units, complete.

If I don't get any responses, I plan to (attempt) to get rid of the drives
on eBay, disassemble the power supplies for parts, try and sell the motors
to industrial suplus dealers, and save the displays for who-knows-what.

Try and contact me ASAP, if there's interest I can hold onto something for
a while if need-be.

-- Pat
West Lafayette, IN, USA
Received on Sat Mar 23 2002 - 13:09:00 GMT

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