Artifact Details

Title

9432 Disk storage drive

Catalog Number

102733280

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a multi-platter disk drive with a removable disk pack. This object has no disk pack mounted. On the front left is an emblem labeled "MHD A." On the front right are three indicator buttons labeled: "START," "0," and "FAULT." Removing the front panel reveals a card cage populated with transistor electronic modules. On the right side of the inside front are manufacturer labels for both Control Data Corporation (CDC) and Systems Engineering Laboratory (SEL). Removing the back panel reveals a power supply which rolls out on drawer-type rollers. The back of the power supply has an SEL property tag and a deprecated CHM catalog number bar code tag.

Date

ca. 1967

Manufacturer

Control Data Corporation (CDC)

Place Manufactured

Minneapolis, MN

Identifying Numbers

Model number 80-653A Stamped on the SEL manufacturer's plate on inside front right side of object.
Model number 9432 C06 Printed on the CDC manufacturer's label on inside front right side of object.
Other number 102624271 Deprecated CHM catalog number, on a bar code label on inside back right of object.
Other number 1409J0203 Stamped on an SEL property tag on inside back left of object, annotated with the string "ID. NO."
Part number 41250110 Printed on the CDC manufacturer's label on inside front right side of object.
Serial number 1237 Printed on the CDC manufacturer's label on inside front right side of object.
Serial number 175900 Stamped on the SEL manufacturer's plate on inside front right side of object.

Dimensions

overall: 40 1/2 in x 24 in x 36 in

Category

Memory & storage/tape