On 2011-05-27, wrote:
On 26 May 2011 23:33:42 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2011-05-26, wrote:

[ ... ]

Better than 90% are aluminum. Of all the drives I've destroyed over
the last 20+ years, I've never run across one with glass platters.
Wer're up in the hundreds - ranging from full height 5 1/4" SASI
drives to 2 1/2 inch sata drives.

Hmm ... never attacked any more serious ones -- e.g. the 8" SMD
interface drives like the Fujitsu M2312K, or the 10" SMD interface ones
like the Fujitsu Eagle, or even the 14" washing machine drives (also SMD
interface).

And there were even some with hydraulic head positioners, or
with many fixed heads with up to 4 foot diameter platters. :-)

[ ... ]

You are talking "antique" dasdis

Well ... sort of -- though I've used the 8" ones (Fujitsu M2312K
-- 84 MB) at home -- back around 1980 or so. And on my unix box, I
didn't call them "DASD"s -- I might have if I had a mainframe at home,
but no room and no power for that. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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