On 10/14/2016 04:03 PM, Dave Wade wrote:
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Subject: Re: IBM 370 Hard Drive
On 2016-10-14 7:42 PM, Jason Howe wrote:
Came across this in the local craigslist today:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sop/5820161303.html
I don't know if this is of interest to the Big Iron IBM guys, but if
there's any interest from folks not in the Seattle Area, I'm happy to
help faciliate.
--Jason
That is a 62PC I don't know of any 370 systems that used them, I think the
closed they came to a mainframe was they where used in the 8130 and
8140 systems. There was also at least one in every S/38, in the later
days of
S/38 it was usually only one with the system microcode on it and it was
run
isolated from the rest of the disk storage because of their tendency to
die
suddenly. I believe that 62PCs where also used in S/34 and Series/1.
Paul.
I was going to say it didn't look like any S/370 drive I had seen. Its also
only the Head and Disk assembly (HAD) and if the spindle has been turned and
who wouldn't turn the spindle, its probably toast. It would make a nice
museum exhibit, provided it was donated, but I think $185 is optimistic...]
Dave
G4UGM
Interesting. I know nothing about older IBM stuff other than people say
that it's a little hard to come by, hence why I relayed the find to the
list -- just in case it was worth it.
--Jason
