Hard Drive Dissection Part 4

The latest drives to fall victim to my screwdriver are 4 of these 9 GB IBM SCSI drives. These drives actually contained the first incarnation of radinfo and were pulled out of the Dell server that served as radinfo for about 5 years. These drives date back to 1999 as can be seen on the label.
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It’s a much larger drive than modern ones and pretty hefty. There are 24 screws that need to be removed for complete disassembly.
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Darned clouds

Last night’s eclipse watching was a bit of a bust where I was. Started off ok with some thin cirrus clouds, but getting towards the partial eclipse, the clouds started getting thicker and obscured my view of the moon. I decided to call it a night around 10ish with a last glimpse of a reddish-orange moon just as totality was starting. Then the moon disappeared behind more clouds.

Fun at SEWE

Had a good time manning the WHLR booth at SEWE. Didn’t really get to see much of what was going on in Marion Square because there were so many people asking about the dogs, playing with the puppies and buying stuff. Unfortunately I forgot to grab my camera so no pictures, but Joan stopped by and got a picture of me and Hannah.
Had lots of people asking about adopting a dog, which is a good thing. The puppies were of course very popular and had a few people stop by who seemed interested in Hannah. Hopefully they will fill out an application form and Hannah will have a new home to go to soon. It will be tough to let Hannah go now, but It will be nice to get back to a two dog household (at least until the next foster comes).