The object is a box containing four drives for removable multi-plater disk packs and the associated control electronics. Each drive is on a slide-out drawer for easy disk pack removal. Controls are at the top, one control panel for each stack of two disk drives. There are two indicator lights and one start-stop switch for each drive. Each control section has a swing out gate at the back containing the electronic modules.
Date
1965
Manufacturer
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Identifying Numbers
Other number
043846
Printed on a yellowed paper label on the top right
Other number
105.87.21.
Computer Museum Aachen deprecated registration number, on a loose label on top of the box
Other number
2313-73-20585
Printed on a yellowed paper label on the top right