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Old 02-27-2010, 05:04 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato View Post
You might want to see what you can get for them on ebay. Some computer geek is bound to want them.
In those days, some disk drive heads were even driven by motor oil. A massive drive was maybe 5 Mb. Disk platters back then were the same color as magnetic tape. Not the shiny surfaces now found inside today's 3.5 inch drives.

Most useful item is a scrapped drive - its magnets. Often most required tool to open them - torq wrenches of odd sizes such as T-8 or T-9.

Disk platters make lousy frisbees. They do too much damage.
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