Fuji Electric, makes me think of Fuji Film, I think they made blank CD media? and floppy discs. Not sure if the 2 are connected. Nice drive. 240MB back then was a lot. It definitley sounds like a vintage hard drive. You definitly post some very obscure and forgotten hard drives, thanks for that. Sometimes brands i had never heard of. When you are into a hobby like mine you definitley come across stuff with brand names you never knew existed. Thank you for sharing!
Yeah, I have a ton of Fujifilm floppies too, they're good stuff! Fujifilm split off from Fuji Electric in the 1930's I believe, so there's definitely a historical connection. Both made some excellent stuff! (not that their modern day products are bad by any means) Thanks so much for watching as usual! I'm glad you enjoyed this one, it really is an interesting drive that I'm super happy to share!
Great Fuji Electric! 0:04 I like that loud click after the spindle motor starts, it's called the mechanical head unlock. My Alps DR312C901A also has that loud click after the spindle motor starts.
I truly love the click of solenoids on startup! It's really lovely. I like that Alps drives often have those too, it's nice that they have some extra security when shipping them, so they're definitely a bit more hardy!
I think you have posted before, a quantum that was very old ( a Prodrive maybe ) that had been out of a old Macintosh computer with the rubber bumper issue. My mom had a classroom full of these old macs and one of them wasnt booting. It would turn on to the blinking "?" symbol with a diskette picture. I think what i ended up doing is firmly rapping on the side of the computer which then woke the drive up inside and i had to re-install the OS but after that the computer worked fine. I had a feeling that the drive had encountered stiction just like the Quantums did that were of that era.
Ah yes! It really does suck that those drives have that. I'm yet to make a video on the ProDrive from my Macintosh SE/30, but that drive also had the melty rubber I had to fix. The classic flashing question mark was definitely going off on mine too :) Interesting drives, the old Macintosh systems are really fun so it's a shame many of those original drives have been thrown out. They're quite easy to fix too (until you come across the later drives with the bumper under the platter....)
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean? If this were a SCSI unit, the model number would be "FK319S-240R". Fuji used A or S to dictate which interface they used. The machine I used only has native IDE!
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Fuji Electric, makes me think of Fuji Film, I think they made blank CD media? and floppy discs. Not sure if the 2 are connected. Nice drive. 240MB back then was a lot. It definitley sounds like a vintage hard drive. You definitly post some very obscure and forgotten hard drives, thanks for that. Sometimes brands i had never heard of. When you are into a hobby like mine you definitley come across stuff with brand names you never knew existed. Thank you for sharing!
Yeah, I have a ton of Fujifilm floppies too, they're good stuff! Fujifilm split off from Fuji Electric in the 1930's I believe, so there's definitely a historical connection. Both made some excellent stuff! (not that their modern day products are bad by any means)
Thanks so much for watching as usual! I'm glad you enjoyed this one, it really is an interesting drive that I'm super happy to share!
Great Fuji Electric!
0:04 I like that loud click after the spindle motor starts, it's called the mechanical head unlock.
My Alps DR312C901A also has that loud click after the spindle motor starts.
I truly love the click of solenoids on startup! It's really lovely. I like that Alps drives often have those too, it's nice that they have some extra security when shipping them, so they're definitely a bit more hardy!
I think you have posted before, a quantum that was very old ( a Prodrive maybe ) that had been out of a old Macintosh computer with the rubber bumper issue. My mom had a classroom full of these old macs and one of them wasnt booting. It would turn on to the blinking "?" symbol with a diskette picture. I think what i ended up doing is firmly rapping on the side of the computer which then woke the drive up inside and i had to re-install the OS but after that the computer worked fine. I had a feeling that the drive had encountered stiction just like the Quantums did that were of that era.
Ah yes! It really does suck that those drives have that. I'm yet to make a video on the ProDrive from my Macintosh SE/30, but that drive also had the melty rubber I had to fix.
The classic flashing question mark was definitely going off on mine too :)
Interesting drives, the old Macintosh systems are really fun so it's a shame many of those original drives have been thrown out. They're quite easy to fix too (until you come across the later drives with the bumper under the platter....)
I think this channel is from Netherlands
You would be correct! I'm not originally from the Netherlands, but my partner is Dutch so that's the story in a nutshell.
Thanks for watching :)
Are you sure that it's IDE or SCSI?
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean? If this were a SCSI unit, the model number would be "FK319S-240R". Fuji used A or S to dictate which interface they used.
The machine I used only has native IDE!
Very nice drive haha, doesnt seem too common either
Certainly a rare one!!