I recently ran across a junked item in the hall of my department at the university that I just couldn't pass up. From all appearances, it was an external hard drive. It's called a "Photon 20." It's in a metal box about 1 foot square and 3 inches deep, with two ports on the back for, I guess, some sort of SCSI cable (similar to a printer cable [NOT the db 25 end], but wider: what's that cable called, by the way?). When I got it home I took it apart and, sure enough, it has a hard drive in it - a Seagate ST-225. An internet search reveals that this is an old, tried and true 20MB drive (info on this drive at http://www.redhill.net.au/d-a.html ). I guess this device was supposed to allow data sharing between 2 non-networked personal computers. The drive seems to work since, when I plug the thing in and turn it on the drive clearly spins up. This thing weighs a ton made, as it is, entirely out of heavy gauge sheet metal. It's in good shape. Probably costed a small fortune in its day. Apart from curiosity about what's on the drive, I have no real use for this piece of equipment. Maybe it belongs in a PC museum? I have no idea how common these were: it's made by "Warp Nine Engineering" in Roseville, MN. I thought this might spark some nostalgic discussion around here. BTW, what sort of cable would I need for this thing? I'm guessing it would plug into an LTP port on one end at the back of the computer. Is that correct?
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