Unicorn internal HD for Mac and Mac+? Micah Drive AT

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Has anyone ever encountered one of these in the wild? I worked on this project as a consultant in late 1985, my task was to design the sheetmetal support frame and make it fit inside. I actually still have the drawings -hand done on vellum, as this was pre CAD.
Micah was a group of fast talking marketing guys, the assembly and fulfillment was done by Logistix Corporation in San Jose, CA. I do know that parts were ordered for at least 2000 units but the whole project blew up later due to some of the personalities involved. Logistix is long gone, though they did work with Apple for years -the Super Bowl seat cushions at the Stanford game (SB XIX, IIRC) was one of their deals.
I can find -zero- information online about Micah or the staff guys I dealt with. Many of them, and some of their Logistix counterparts, were EST people, an odd group for sure and it made for a weirdly competitive environment.
I took my check and bailed early on, heard rumors of patent trolling and financial mismanagement afterwards but lost both track and interest. And yet... all those parts on order had to wind up somewhere. IMG_0746.jpeg
 
I remember seeing the ads, but I never saw an actual unit. In my view, the sheet metal design is the most impressive part! I would have bought one of those frames even without the drive.
 
Thanks, I was pretty proud of it. The one in the pic is a prototype, I changed the way it bolted to the chassis a bit for production. The flat bar and nuts were replaced by 2 flanged delrin "nuts" that entered through those holes in the Mac chassis.
If anyone wants to have some made I can supply the drawings. I also did similar work for Radius and a bunch of model shop type modification work for Next. Was a great time to live in the valley...
 
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