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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTERNAL HARD DRIVE/1.624 GB
- DATE
- 1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0078.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Digital Corp.
- MODEL
- CAVIAR 316000/WDAC31600-00H
- LOCATION
- San Jose, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- WT289 028 3035
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM CASING/ PHENOLIC CIRCUIT BOARD WITH METAL & EPOXY PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.6 cm
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Digital
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Jose
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNUSED BUT GENERALLY MID 1990S
- Canada
-
HARD DRIVES OF THIS TYPE WERE EMPLOYED IN SEVERAL MODELS OF COMPUTER SOLD & USED IN CANADA, SUCH AS THOSE PRODUCED BY IBM, COMPAC, DELL, APPLE, & OTHERS. THIS TYPE & SIZE WERE FOUND IN TOP END PCS OF 1995 & 1996, E.G. PENTIUM MACHINES RUNNING AT 100-133 MHZ. - Function
-
RANDOM-ACCESS-MEMORY DEVICE FOR DIGITAL COMPUTER, USED TO STORE DATA & PROGRAMMING. THIS WAS MADE FOR AT COMPATIBLE PC & CAN OPERATE AT EITHER 5 OR 12 VDC AT ROTATIONAL SPEED OF 5200 RPM. - Technical
-
AT TIME OF MFG., THIS HARDDRIVE WOULD HAVE BEEN NEAR MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR PC DRIVES. IT UTILIZES 16 READ-WRITE HEADS INCORPORATED IN "FLYING" HEAD USING TRI-PAD AIR-BEARING DESIGN OF CHAK MAN LEUNG (SEE 980079). THIS USES AIR TO KEEP HEAD CLOSE TO DISK SURFACE SO AS READ SMALLER SPOTS AND HENCE TO ENABLE MORE INFO. TO BE PUT ON DISK. WESTERN DIGITAL FIRST INTRODUCED DRIVE IN MAY 1995. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL ON CASING READS "WESTERN DIGITAL/ Caviar (R) 31600/ AT Compatible Intelligent Drive/ Drive Parameters: 3148 cyl 16 heads 63 spt 1624.6 MB/ MDL: WDAC31600-00H/ P/N: 99-004169-000/ CCC: A1 2 SEP 95/ DCM: BFABDAPB/ Made in: SINGAPORE/ 5VDC0.40A/ 12VDC0.20A" WITH SEVERAL LOGOS/ BAR CODE LABEL ON CASING READS "WD S/N: WT289 028 3035"/ WHITE LABEL ON CASING READS "AKAQHIQ/ C7 F0719"/ WHITE LABEL ON CIRCUIT BOARD READS "61-600585-00/ E 6094"/ WHITE LETTERING ON CIRCUIT BOARD READS "WDC (C)1994"/ WHITE IDENTIFICATION LETTERING ON CIRCUIT BOARD/ WHITE LETTERING ON SEAL READS "WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED"
- Missing
- ONE SIDE OF CASING?
- Finish
- METALLIC CASING/ GREEN CIRCUIT BOARD/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- BLACK & WHITE LOGO ON CASING LABEL READS "ACCEPT ONLY / THE FINEST.../ CAVIAR"
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Western Digital Corp., Drive, disk, 1995, Artifact no. 1998.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0078.001/
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