Microcomputer Peripheral, Disc Drive
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: maker
content: Tandon Magnetics Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This disk drive is in a gray metal box with four decaying plastic feet. There is enough space to accomodate two drives within the box, bu only one is present. The drive is marked Tandon (/) Magnetics Corporation (/) TM 100-1 (/) 171000-002. A cord and ribbon cable are attached to the drive. Loose parts include: connector cord, two screws, and five chips
label: Description
content: Tandon introduced the TM-100 in 1979. Manufacturing took place in India. This disk drive was received with two microcomputers developed by Heathkit. Tandon Magnetics would go on to manufacture disk drives for TRS-80 and IBM PC microcomputers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: India
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frederick M. Galloway
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0491.04
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0491.04
label: accession number
content: 1993.0491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer Peripheral
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 17.8 cm x 32.4 cm; 6 1/2 in x 7 in x 12 3/4 in