Usagi Electric | I Repaired This 1970’s Hard Drive, but I Still Can’t Use It @UsagiElectric | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of spinning rust, and so I’m always going to jump on an opportunity to work on my all time favorite hard drive, the CDC Hawk. This particular drive came from the amazing Dave McGuire over at the Large Scale Systems Museum (mact.io/) up in Pittsburgh. But, this Hawk Drive is a Straddle-Erase instead of the Pre-Erase I need. What does that mean? Well, that’s what the video is for!
If you want to know more about the Centurion, the wiki is full of just about everything we know:
github.com/Nakazoto/CenturionComputer/wiki
If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: patreon.com/usagielectric
Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale!
my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com
Come join us on Discord!
Discord: discord.gg/p7UsfHD
Intro Music adapted from: Artist:
The Runaway Five Title:
The Shinra Shuffle ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847
Thanks for watching!
Chapters
0:00 This is my forever computer
3:40 Welcome to the CDC Hawk Drive
8:09 Let’s take this thing apart
9:30 Head crashes!
12:34 Head coils
14:09 Straddle erase and pre-erase, an introduction
16:29 Cleaning and rebuilding
19:51 Loading the heads and test drive
23:25 So, why can’t I use straddle erase heads?
28:55 Slow motion noms!
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of spinning rust, and so I’m always going to jump on an opportunity to work on my all time favorite hard drive, the CDC Hawk. This particular drive came from the amazing Dave McGuire over at the Large Scale Systems Museum (mact.io/) up in Pittsburgh. But, this Hawk Drive is a Straddle-Erase instead of the Pre-Erase I need. What does that mean? Well, that’s what the video is for!
If you want to know more about the Centurion, the wiki is full of just about everything we know:
github.com/Nakazoto/CenturionComputer/wiki
If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: patreon.com/usagielectric
Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale!
my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com
Come join us on Discord!
Discord: discord.gg/p7UsfHD
Intro Music adapted from: Artist:
The Runaway Five Title:
The Shinra Shuffle ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847
Thanks for watching!
Chapters
0:00 This is my forever computer
3:40 Welcome to the CDC Hawk Drive
8:09 Let’s take this thing apart
9:30 Head crashes!
12:34 Head coils
14:09 Straddle erase and pre-erase, an introduction
16:29 Cleaning and rebuilding
19:51 Loading the heads and test drive
23:25 So, why can’t I use straddle erase heads?
28:55 Slow motion noms!
