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Hardware Detail

Item Reference:
HW0977    
Machine Type:
Sprat
Serial Number:
  Driver card and motor from the Sprat project
  4.6MB 6" removable floppy disk drive, but with flying heads.

Moved to Boulder Jan 78 then Tucson May 78 as Bluegill.

Project ended late 1979. Design picked up by ex-IBMers who set up Iomega and developed it into a product.
Date of Origin:
1975
Donor:
John Holloway

Sprat

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Location:
On Display - HLG03 Commissioned By: Museum Until: