I have one of these drives that unfortunately doesn't work so I opened it. These are the only drives I have ever seen that secure the upper coil magnet to the lid of the HDA, which makes the lid very difficult to remove (probably a good thing from the manufacturer's perspective). This company wasn't around for long as their chairman and CEO Bisser Dimitrov went to prison in 1996. The predecessor to this company was Bull S.A.'s peripheral factory in Belfort, so perhaps there are some cross branded units.
@@bobjoe2827 interesting! Since mine works so well, I have been hesitant to open it. Do you have photos you would be willing to share? Yeah, Arnold has his biography (autobiography?) and had brought this up. Such a strange story.
@@TheDiskMaster I wouldn't recommend opening it unless you know how to re-silver/reproduce the labels and maintain the alignment of the lid (that magnet in the lid makes it hard to keep the lid aligned as there are no "keeper pins" to help with this). I did take photos of the unit apart; I will send them your way today.
I have one of these drives that unfortunately doesn't work so I opened it. These are the only drives I have ever seen that secure the upper coil magnet to the lid of the HDA, which makes the lid very difficult to remove (probably a good thing from the manufacturer's perspective). This company wasn't around for long as their chairman and CEO Bisser Dimitrov went to prison in 1996. The predecessor to this company was Bull S.A.'s peripheral factory in Belfort, so perhaps there are some cross branded units.
@@bobjoe2827 interesting! Since mine works so well, I have been hesitant to open it. Do you have photos you would be willing to share? Yeah, Arnold has his biography (autobiography?) and had brought this up. Such a strange story.
@@TheDiskMaster I wouldn't recommend opening it unless you know how to re-silver/reproduce the labels and maintain the alignment of the lid (that magnet in the lid makes it hard to keep the lid aligned as there are no "keeper pins" to help with this). I did take photos of the unit apart; I will send them your way today.
@@bobjoe2827thanks much!
A 5,25" slimline drive that isn't a Bigfoot? That's quite something.
@@Radovanslav Yes indeed. I believe this was the only direct competition for the Bigfoot.