> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Kossow > via cctalk > Sent: 03 June 2017 18:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Anybody has Control Data (CDC) disk packs for 841 and 844 disk > drives to spare with? > > > > On 6/3/17 10:21 AM, P Gebhardt via cctalk wrote: > > > The surfaces of the disk packs of type 9871 or 871 that came with it where > corroded and are not usable anymore. > > Did you keep them? > > The platters can be replaced with ones from the single-platter IBM 2315 (ie. > RK05) and use similar head technology which is pretty rugged. > > The two drives you have are equivalent to IBM 2311 and 2314, which both use > hydraulic actuators. >
Sorry I can't help with this request, but I wonder if possibly you (Pierre) may be able to help me? I am looking for someone who can read an ICL EDS8 disk pack. I am told that it would have been used in an ICT type 2802/2 drive on an ICL 1905E, but that it is also compatible with an IBM 2311 disk drive and that it uses a mechanical assembly based on a CDC 9450. Given the mention of the 2311 above, I wonder if this means that you have facilities to read an EDS8 pack? Regards Rob
