IBM PC5150 monitor wanted/question

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Feb 5 14:09:53 2004

> I've got quite a pile of clone FH drives in storage; there seemed to be

They are NOT "CLONE" drives!!!!!!!!


> two types floating around at the time - those identical-looking ones
> that I've already mentioned, and ones with the same style of black
> plastic but a different width handle (wider IIRC).

There are close to a hundred different ones, including at least half a
dozen that have doors similar to the Tandon.


IBM used an "INDUSTRY STANDARD" drive (Tandon TM100-2) and put their logo
on the faceplate. It was already in common use on thousands of other
computers. (Yes, Tandon DID have over a thousand customers by that
point.)
LATER, IBM began manufacturing drives and/or having them made for them.

Calling them "clone" drives is like referring to all tires other than
Bridgestone on a Japanese car as being "clone tires".


But,...
It isn't unreasonable to want to get some of the ones with the IBM
faceplate logo, for restoration.
Received on Thu Feb 05 2004 - 14:09:53 GMT