Here's a pic: https://jumpshare.com/s/lsa1xlnzYYOwUgUfkphK
The door built into the front plus the whole housing being fairly deep makes me think it was intended some flavor of QIC drive. That shoebox on ebay is a different mystery! DB-25 connectors with an Exabyte, weird. Doug McIntyre via cctalk <[email protected]> writes: > The 3B1 (ie. UNIX PC) did not do SCSI. That was an MFM system. > THe 3B2 lower end models were MFM, and higher end were SCSI based > systems, although > I don't remember any external SCSI ports on them. > > There's an AT&T SCSI external shoebox Tape drive listed on eBay now. > > I'd say its likely that they were done for the 3B2.. > http://www.unixwiz.net/3b2/tapedrives.html > > > On Sun, Jun 01, 2025 at 11:18:12AM -0400, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: >> My guess AT&T had scsi era hardware, not super successful, that they sold >> or re-badged to extend the life of their product line. Would a 3B2 or UNIX >> PC have a scsi controller for an external storage device? Maybe AT&T sold >> something compatible with Sun hardware to try to tap into the scsi storage >> market, for a telecommunications product >> >> On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM Andrew B via cctalk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > I have an AT&T branded SCSI enclosure. Two half-height bays with the >> > drives held vertically (on their sides), with a door that opens to >> > expose one for a tape drive, activity lights labeled hard drive and >> > tape, CN50 connectors, the AT&T beige and brown >> > color scheme I associate with 3B's and 6300 PCs. No model number. >> > Anyone have any idea what this was made for? >> > >> >
