Interesting, I've just picked up two 9766s and two OEMed CDC pack drives (unsure of model # yet). I might be bugging you about spares :P
Thanks, Jonathan On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 2:09 PM William Donzelli via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > There is a Make Offer option, and it does look like the seller does > take offers fairly regularly. I will not be buying it. > > If someone does, I have a huge amount of spares for 976x drives, > including refurbished heads. It might take a while to find them in my > mess, however. > > -- > Will > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:43 PM P Gebhardt via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > > > Just came across this: > > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computing-CDC-Magnetic-Peripherals-Control-Data-9766-Storage-Module/143351908424?hash=item2160708848:g:3yEAAOSw1oJdTo9u > > > > Haven't seen one listed in years. The price lets me assume that this > offer addresses customers that may use these drives in a production > environment or so... > > I am not aware of museums or hobbyists who have such drives currently in > a functional state to read and write from and to 80MB (CDC 9762) or 300MB > (CDC 9766) disk packs. Maybe the CHM? ... not taking into consideration the > CHM activities related to the Xerox disk cartidge (2315-equivalent) > software archive project. > > Anybody out there? Would be interesting to know. > > > > Best regards, > > Pierre > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.digitalheritage.de >
