Artifact Details

Title

Storage module drive for removable disk pack

Catalog Number

102733289

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a rather nondescript beige metal box. Extending from the front for about 2/3 the depth is a brown cover that lifts by releasing a latch below a piece of aluminum trim attached to the front near the top. Lifting the cover reveals a 14" drive for a removable disk pack. A small panel on the front has four square pushbuttons with a red LED above them. The second button from the left is not as tall as the others and has a '0' label on the front. The groups of buttons and LEDs is labeled, left to right: "START," "READY," "FAULT," and "PROTECT."

Below the cover are two hand slots for pulling the unit out from its stack enclosure on two heavy-duty drawer slides.

The top part of the rear has a lift-up panel with rectangular vent holes that conceals, from left to right, an enclosed unit (possibly a power supply), the back of the drive with a cable from the heads extending from it, and a card cage. Below the panel, from left to right, there is an IEC power plug, a ground lug to which two heavy conductors coming from behind the panel are attached, a single pole switch labeled "POWER SUPPLY," a two-pole switch labeled "AC POWER," an elapsed time meter, and a group of wire wrap terminals with four rows of terminals on the upper one and two rows of terminals on the lower one. Above these there is a legend that reads "TERM. OR(A) CABLE TO NEXT UNIT" for one group of terminals and "B CABLE" for the other group.

Manufacturer

Magnetic Peripherals, Inc

Identifying Numbers

Other number 47200703 Stamped on a metal housing behind the rear lift-up panel.

Dimensions

overall: 11 3/8 in x 19 1/8 in x 31 1/4 in

Category

Memory & storage/disk