Peripheral Products
 | Storage Selection: |
| Name: 7963B Disc Drive | |
| Product Number: 7963B | |
| Introduced: 1988 | |
| Division: Disc Memory | |
| Original Price: $10750 | |
| Catalog Reference: 1989, page 710 | |
| Donated by: Paul Jones, Victoria. |
Description:
The 7963B could house up to three hard disc drives, each with a capacity of 304 MB. The 7963B featured an average seek time of 17 ms and a burst transfer rate of 1.25 MB/s. The 7963B was introduced with an HP-IB interface. The 7962B had a storage capacity of 152 MB and was priced at $6,300.
The 7961/2/3 used the CS/80 command set.
Collector's Notes:
As of 2013, the museum had tested four of these drives. The internal discs are more prone to failure than other HP hard discs of the time. About half were functional.
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