On 12/05/2015 10:36 AM, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
Hi,
has anyone ever heard of Evotek ET-5800 series Winchester harddisks?
I wonder which interface they have. I'm looking for a replacement of
a CDC FINCH 9410 and wonder if they would be a possible replacement.
ET-5800: http://www.ebay.de/itm/252174
>
> The Evotek 5000 series is a bog-standard ST-506/ST-412 "MFM" interface.
> OEM manual is on Manx:
>
> http://manx.classiccmp.org/mirror/harte/Evotek/ET-5000%20Family%20OEM%20Manual.pdf
>
> Back in 1983 I had an opportunity to play with one. Pretty interesting,
> but very expensive, as I rec
On 12/05/2015 11:19 AM, tony duell wrote:
I've skimmed that manual and wonder why they are 'pretty interesting'. What
have I missed?
For the time (1982), they were larger than almost any other
ST506-interfaced 5.25' drives.
--Chuck
that's one thing not to worry about in a
35 year old drive
Tom
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From: Chuck Guzis [mailto:ccl...@sydex.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 11:13 AM
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Subject: Re: Evotek Winchester Harddisk
On 12/05/2015 10:
Tom Gardner wrote:
The Evotek drive initially used the notoriously unreliable Ampex
Alar plated media; whether they ever upgraded to sputtered media is
uncertain. It probably should be avoided.
I would look for an replacement drive using oxide media. The nice
thing about oxide media i
On 12/7/15 3:54 AM, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
And - I found nothing "compatible" so far to replace them with other
harddisks.
It looks similar to the SA1000 interface. Memorex 112/Fujitsu 2301?
Fujitsu drives were used in Morrow 8" disk units.
ember 07, 2015 3:55 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Evotek Winchester Harddisk
Tom Gardner < <mailto:t.gard...@computer.org> t.gard...@computer.org> wrote:
> The Evotek drive initially used the notoriously unreliable Ampex Alar
> pla
Tom Gardner wrote:
Sorry If I didn't make myself clear, I am suggesting one never
acquire an Evotek drive today other than perhaps as an historical
curiosity.
The Finch was a short lived 8-inch HDD that went up to 42 MB
unformatted BUT according to Disk/Trend It did not use an ST506