"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:

The 4' tall 1 MEG disk drive is not replaceable. It was popular before
hard disk technology grew. An electronic replacement was developed -
it used a small Winchester and a lot of electronics interfacing the two.


I still have a few Shugart SA1004 8" 10 MB hard drives. (Built before
the lawsuit when they were forced to change their name. They changed it
to Seagate technologies.)


If the hardware is that old the data needs to be ported to a newer
technology. You should have seen the 1960 Westinghouse 5 MB hard drive
with a 48" disk. It had a 5 HP three phase motor, and a warning not to
attempt to access the platter for five full minutes. One was used with
the original computer for Armco Steel's original computerized hot strip
in Middletown, Ohio. They finally had to replace most of the computer
hardware when all the spare parts for that oddball drive were gone.
they had purchased ever used drive they could find for over 10 years to
keep from upgrading the mill. The last drive was scrapped in 1987. Not
many hard drives had a 12 circuit three phase breaker box.


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