Memorex Model 660-1 Disc Drive with Cable
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: maker
content: Memorex Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This Memorex Model 660-1 disc drive is in a steel cabinet which is gray with blue panels on the front and back. The drive mechanism can be seen through a glass window in the lid atop the cabinet. The lid is hinged at the back and lifts so the disc pack can be inserted into the drive. Three operating switches on the front read: ENABLE/DISABLE; READ-WRITE/READ ONLY; and START/STOP. A mark reads: MEMOREX. Another mark reads in part: 660 (/) Type 8558 Mfr's Serial 022940. For a related disc pack, see 1988.0327.01.2. For related documentation, see 1988.0327.02 and 1988.0327.03.
label: Description
content: This Memorex disc drive was meant to be used with Memorex Mark VI, IBM 2316, or equivalent disc packs. The IBM 2316 was manufactured as part of the IBM System/360 mainframe computer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Albert Jacobs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0327.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0327.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0327
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Disc Drive
label: Object Name
content: disc drive with cable
label: Object Name
content: disc drive
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 99 cm x 76.2 cm x 61 cm; 39 in x 30 in x 24 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 32 in x 39 in; 134.62 cm x 81.28 cm x 99.06 cm