Can any one tell me what this ibm drive is?

[dassark]

i just got this thing and I've searched all over and cannot figure out what it is. It was made in 1995. and has the numbers 3502 as the machine type and 900 as the model. the ports are the size of parallel ports.View attachment 19581View attachment 19582View attachment 19583 Any clues?

 

[SpidersWeb]

SCSI tape drive (50 pin Centronics plug). Not a fan of tapes, but it's pretty awesome it's in the IBM PS/2 486 era styling.
If you want to know the model of the actual tape drive, just open the case.

According to this, 4GB TR-4 tapes: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/eprm/eprm0/f1993.htm
Edit: and from the horses mouth: http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-4PMKVY

 

[dassark]

Thank you. That answers it. Would also explain why the IBM 486 computer I got from the same guy keeps trying to find a Scsi drive. They look to be very similar in styling, so I'm assuming they were used together at some point. Thanks again for the info.