{"id":3239,"date":"2023-09-19T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bananahdd.nl\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:10:12","slug":"ibm-travelstar-dvaa-2810-810mb-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bananahdd.nl\/index.php\/2023\/09\/19\/ibm-travelstar-dvaa-2810-810mb-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Travelstar DVAA-2810 810MB (1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DVAA-2810 is an 810MB 2.5″ hard disk drive, released in 1994. With IBM pushing themselves into the more widespread mobile computing market, the DVAA’s would be a design IBM used for a multitude of models to come between 1994 and 1995.<\/p>\n

With this unit working well far past its expiry date, many of IBM’s ancient 2.5″ drives still live on today.<\/p>\n

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  Drive Attributes<\/strong><\/em>\r\n  -------------------------------------\r\n  IBM Travelstar DVAA-2810\r\n  -------------------------------------\r\n  Capacity      810MB\r\n  Mfc Date      1995-03\r\n  Format        2.5\"\r\n  Height        19mm\r\n  Interface     PATA\r\n  Platters      3\r\n  Heads         6\r\n  Cache         32KB\r\n  RPM           3800\r\n  CHS           1571\/16\/63\r\n  Origin        Japan (IBM)\r\n  -------------------------------------<\/pre>\n
With a whopping 3-platters, this unit was IBM’s flagship 2.5″ drive when it was released in 1994. They certainly started with large intentions.<\/p>\n
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IBM’s labels are quite nice for the time as usual, with this drive stating its full 810MB capacity, having been manufactured by IBM Japan.<\/p>\n
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IBM really crammed this one into as thin as they could get with as many platters as possible, a trend which continued all the way until drives such as the DJSA-232<\/a> & DARA-225000<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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The base of the drive is as blank as ever, with no horrendous foam to deal with fortunately. The spindle motor & head-stack connector is combined into one, which is always an excellent decision when concerning disassembly.<\/p>\n
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The general topology is ever so slightly different to that of the DHAA-2405<\/a>, being of a different generation, but changes are minor at most.<\/p>\n
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Like the drive assembly itself, the PCB was also produced in Japan. The head-stack connector is quite a nice solution for the time.<\/p>\n
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Ref: InfoWorld, 23rd May 1994 [1]<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>This drive was a big deal at the time, with IBM’s entrance into the 2.5″ market being a defining factor for years to come (this unit not being the first, but a good example of such). During this period, the course of mobile hard drive computing would be changed for good, with IBM’s mobile disk drives being a major player for the entire latter half of the 1990’s.<\/p>\n
If you missed the video I made on this drive, you can find it here:<\/p>\n