Re: I X-rayed my Disk ][

[zeem <alex_taylor@REMOVETHISntlworld.com>]

Grant Stockly wrote:
> I spent a few hours at work today to get a great shot of the disk ][
> drive.  And even after ya'll got mad at me for posting up the Altair
> kit pointer!  : P
>
> Don't complain that its too dark.  This image includes the entire range
> of densities.  If I were to penetrate the motor I would blow through
> the plastic.
>
> This is a high resolution x-ray.  Zoom into the front label and see if
> you can read the embossed name plates...  What COLOR is this actual
> drive?  The answer is in there!  ; )
>
> http://www.stockly.com/images2/061231-Disk_II_Drive-120kv6ma15msDG35SFD.jpg

Nobody else seems to have got this yet. It must be black, because it 
says Bell & Howell on it!

I'm not even an Apple expert or anything, I own one non-enhanced IIe 
that I never use! However I am in the UK where Apple II stuff is rare 
and expensive. I've got BBC computers and Amstrad PCWs piled all over 
the place, though.

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Alex Taylor