In this day and age, we are used to being able to find information about technology that existed, even stuff from the early 80s. This 8" hard drive made by Hokushin seems to be pretty much undocumented. A mystery.

Is there any hope of getting this drive hooked up to a computer and working?

Info

Hokushin CD 8010P (Hokushin CD 8000 family)
Priam DiskOS1070 (drive)
Priam Smart Interface (interface card)

Computer Design 1981 volume 10 has an ad for the drive: US$1985 with the interface card included, power supply an extra US$295

Video Links

Priam DiskOS1070:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/priam/DI...

Priam Smart Interface:
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/priam/SM...

Ad for the drive from Computer Design:
https://imgur.com/XZPVZ9w

ROM dumps and high resolution photos:
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My video on damagefree chip removal:
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