Title:
Oral History Panel on IBM 3380 Disk Drive

Date:
2006-01-03

Pages:
32 p.

Interviewer:
Porter, Jim; interviewer
Lucke, Jim; interviewee
Grogan, Jack; interviewee
Coolures, Chris; interviewee
Warner, Mike; interviewee
Whitney, Dick; interviewee
Rosenshteyn, Yan; cameraperson

Abstract:
The IBM 3380, announced in June, 1980, and eventually shipped in October, 1981, for mainframe applications, encountered many difficult development problems, but eventually became one of IBM’s all-time highest cash producers. Panel members played a key role in solving difficult problems with recording heads, disks, motors, etc., and in preparing the drive models with increased capacity which were introduced through the 1980s.

Keywords:
Lucke, Jim
Grogan, Jack
Coolures, Chris
Warner, Mike
Whitney, Dick
IBM 3380-A/B
IBM 3380-EM
IBM 3380-K
IBM 3390

Rights:
Computer History Museum

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