[rollei_list] Re: MFM hard drives
- From: "Jeffrey L. Bromberger" <jeffrey@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:45:06 -0400
> From: Robert Lilley
> I still
> have one of those Winchester monsters alive and kicking in an old
> AT&T 7300 Unix PC built in 1985. Like old things in general, they
> were built to last.
Another 3B1 fan? I still have a pair. One is stock, the other has the ICUS
2-hard drive upgrade, the MGR video memory daughter board and a pair of
floppies. I was an amazing hacker on that old machine. You need any spare
parts? I have something like 2 NIB power supplies, spare monitor and
backplane, memory/combo cards, etc. :-)
Those older MFM/RLL drives only had about 5 years of spindle bearing life in
them. It was always wise to replace the HDA before it failed. And, yes,
those drives were expensive. I still have a Maxtor 2190 (full height, 5
inch, 190Mb) with only one year on it. It was in my 3B2/400 (which used MFM
drives, also).
Some days, talking old hardware just sorta makes me cry...
j, getting as old and obsolete as DECTape, VIC-20, Windows for Workgroups
and 8-inch floppies
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Jeffrey L. Bromberger
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