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| A MegaDrive Disk Pack? 210MB hotswap SCSI drive from 1990! | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2012-02-01 11:18:29 Found this little gem at the computer recycler. It's a Mega Drive Disk Pack. I couldn't find any information on it on Google, other than it was made between 1990-1993. It instantly got my attention, and I new it was vintage for 3 reasons: 1, it's a trapezoid (I haven't seen that since the Commodore PET); 2, all the plastic bits are yellowed; and 3, it has "Made in the USA" on it. 😛 I found the main drive part, and with some rummaging, managed to find a disk cartridge! The drive in the cartridge was bad. It had a 1/2 height Conner SCSI drive inside it. I'm planning on putting a good SCSI drive in once I find one that's compatible. The SCSI ID block is a little too big and wouldn't stay connected on my Apple 240MB drive. The cartridge itself is very Macintosh-like, with the line grooves on it. Wouldn't surprise me if this little device was sold as a Macintosh peripheral, especially since it's SCSI. I powered it up and it appears to work, except for the bad SCSI drive. Can't wait to fix it up. The housing is in great condition, just a couple chips on the back and that's it. Just needs a little elbow grease and some Retr0Bright.     | |
| Posted by: dorkbert on 2012-02-01 11:32:14 If I may make a suggestion, since you're looking for replacement drive, it may be helpful if you post the jumper block in question so people know what drives with that jumper size you need. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2012-02-01 12:37:15 I'll see if I can do that, thanks for the suggestion. | |
| Posted by: Brett B. on 2012-02-01 19:01:09 That is very cool. What physical size hard drive does it have? I am guessing smaller than a standard 3.5"? Whatever you end up using, I'd suggest staying away from Conner drives...they were not very reliable in my experience. Then again what 20+ year old drive is going to be "reliable" anyway. You should maybe consider getting a SCSI->Compact Flash adapter and a large card. That would be pretty cool. | |
| Posted by: Iesca on 2026-04-17 11:37:24 @olePigeon Do you happen to still have the photos of the drive? They seem to have disappeared from your original post. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2026-04-17 11:47:45 @Iesca     | |
| Posted by: Iesca on 2026-04-17 11:48:43 Awesome, thank you! | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2026-05-05 08:36:39 @Iesca Here's a Computer Chronicles episode where the have some in clear cases. 🙂 | |
| Posted by: Iesca on 2026-05-05 10:01:43 Oh cool! Will definitely watch! Love some Computer Chronicles. 🙂 | |
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