Gregory's Servermy other flea market finds include this prototype of the PrairieTek 240, the 40MB followup product to the 220, which was the first 2.5" hard drive on the market.
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 another find is this WD-2120D, a 120MB drive meant for the first IBM Thinkpads, like the 700 and 720. it is not IDE nor SCSI -- it is IBM ESDI, a poorly named drive interface that is effectively IDE but over Micro Channel and with a different register interface. i imaged the drive, but it just contains the same garbage sector over and over again. the only thing that changes is this 32-bit number, which increments. i suppose it's been wiped. finally, i got a little plastic tray with an Apple part number. 073-0061. it seems to be a parts kit for an Enhanced IIe or IIe Platinum. @tubetime Looks like those ROMs are for the original non-enhanced IIe.  @tubetime You said your dad knew Al Shugart, correct? And IIRC, he said that he was a bit foppish in person? @cr1901 grandfather knew him. and, weirdly enough, i know his grandson. @tubetime If I can't get even the person right, dunno where I came up with the foppish part then :o. Yay fallible memory...  @tubetime I'm glad the warranty seal is still intact, might be worth trying to RMA it. |
i also got this Shugart 606 hard drive (10MB). i don't think they did very well in the PC market.