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"