[comp.misc] Old disk drive

wollman@emily.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) (03/24/91)

I'm not sure what a more appropriate group would be--at least of the
ones I have time to read...

I recently came into posession of a 340-Meg hard drive, cannibalized
from an AT&T 3B15 (ne 3B5) which I helped to dismantle, and I would
like to know what I can do with it.  The drive is made by Magnetic
Peripherals ("A subsidiary of Control Data Corp."), and bears the
following numbers:
	Equip. No. PA5G1E
	Part No.   73088707

It also has a sticker claiming that it is also a Western Electric No.
KS-22875,L10.  The front panel has one light and three switches,
labeled 0, Start, Fault, and Wrt Pro.  It also has an LED diagnostic
display and accompanying switch and buttons.

I would like to know the following:
	What kind of input is it expecting?
	Can I do anything with it?
	If not, do you want it?

It was thought that this drive was broken, but that does not seem to
be the case (we pulled out another, identical drive that was
definitely broken).

-GAWollman


Garrett A. Wollman - wollman@emily.uvm.edu

Disclaimer:  I'm not even sure this represents *my* opinion, never
mind UVM's, EMBA's, EMBA-CF's, or indeed anyone else's.