Mass Memory Unit from Space Shuttle

[John C. Ellingboe]

"Joe R." wrote:
> 
>     I found a pile of these things this morning. They are made by Odetics
> in Anaheim Ca. After I got home with them I realized that they are for the
> space shuttle. Does anyone know anything about them? I THINK they use a
> tape drive inside. I haven't opened one up yet but I saw the remains of a
> tape drive at the same place and I think it was the guts out of one of these.
> 
>    Joe

I'm not sure about how many the shuttle used but there is one on
each solid rocket booster.  The had two tape reels stacked on
top of each other.  The control signals are 5V logic and power
is probably 24V DC.  I try to locate a contact to get some data
in them.