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Control Data Corporation (CDC) 844 Disk Storage Unit

Manufacturer Control Data Corporation (CDC)
Identification,ID 844 Disk Storage Unit
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Control Data Corporation (CDC) 844 Disk Storage Unit

Placard
note the big 100 megabyte disk

Architecture
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Special features
note the big 100 megabyte disk

Steve Booth writes
the 844 disks actually came in two models: 844-21 and 844-41. The 41 held twice as much data. The 885s were not removable.

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Updated February 6, 2004