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Clusterox

Post subject: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 1:54

Joined: May 2nd, 2007, 8:13
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We guys usually have some of the most classical drives in our inventory. I would like to know which is oldest drive in your inventory, oldest enough to be called "Antique"

What I have is a 24 MB WD one, where there is an external switch to manually move the internals with the defects being required to be added manually after the low level format.

PS: Does someone happen to have a Ramac here?

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BlackST

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 2:07

Joined: July 18th, 2006, 3:05
Posts: 7476
Location: ITALY

ST125 Seagate with 506 interface - 20 Mb. - and some rarities like a 520 mb. JTS thinner than a N40p - early 90s, a Nec 40 MB, several Miniscribe, the first 20 mb. 2,5'' , Quantum LPS 52 and 240...

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ppumkin

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 5:54

Joined: May 7th, 2010, 13:20
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Location: United Kindgom

Nice. I wish i never binned my 5mb 5.25" 20 years ago

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Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 7:54

Joined: July 18th, 2006, 3:05
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Location: ITALY

I'm shooting some pics, stay tuned...

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guru

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:51

Joined: May 5th, 2004, 20:06
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Location: England

SOme old posters etc I have in my desk

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Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:52

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Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:54

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guru

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:55

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old manual

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guru

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 9:56

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ppumkin

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 10:09

Joined: May 7th, 2010, 13:20
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Location: United Kindgom

Goodness the 80's happeing all over again

hehe

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Alexii

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 10:44

Joined: October 28th, 2009, 14:35
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Location: Toronto

I like how they are called Winchester. They are still called that in Russia =)

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guru

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:00

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eta pravda ;O)

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MadMex

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:26

Joined: April 15th, 2009, 12:39
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Location: Ashburn, VA: USA

Anyone ever physically laid eyes on the infamous Connor "Chinook" CP-5500? 512 mb 5.25 SCSI? The drive was supposedly one of the few drives that ever went into production using dual actuator arms. The patent drawings for it look really cool and I've always wanted to see pictures of the inside of one and/or own one.

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quasimodo

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:41

Joined: October 23rd, 2006, 8:56
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I recently did a recovery on a 200MB Maxtor. As for drives in inventory the oldest I have is a 30MB Conner CP2034.

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Alexii

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 12:00

Joined: October 28th, 2009, 14:35
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Location: Toronto

guru wrote:

eta pravda ;O)

voistinu pravda =)

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ppumkin

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 12:21

Joined: May 7th, 2010, 13:20
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagat ... ,8279.html

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Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 16:09

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Location: Ashburn, VA: USA

ppumkin wrote:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-hdd-harddrive,8279.html

Yep, that's it!

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ppumkin

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 16:28

Joined: May 7th, 2010, 13:20
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Location: United Kindgom

MadMex wrote:

ppumkin wrote:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/seagate-hdd-harddrive,8279.html

Yep, that's it!

Cant find any photos of it.

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Steve

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 19:59

Joined: August 31st, 2006, 17:53
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Location: Birmingham, Al

I've got a couple of 20 mb Seagates (still in original sealed packaging)
Also still have some original 5-1/4 Shugart floppy drives

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ppumkin

Post subject: Re: Most "Antique" Drive From The Claws Of Time

Posted: September 13th, 2010, 20:30

Joined: May 7th, 2010, 13:20
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Location: United Kindgom

20mb in original packaging... n/c

Here is something up for grabs for your display cabinets!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seagate-Barracuda ... 740wt_1137

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