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1997 research cohort / Storage

Maxtor DiamondMax 1750 hard disk family

Maxtor · family

Candidate · no owner discrepancy decision

What it was

Maxtor DiamondMax 1750 hard disk family is recorded in the 1997 Storage research cohort under Maxtor. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.

Source product name
DiamondMax 1750
Source model number
Not established
Source manufacturer
Maxtor Corporation
Research scope
OEM-focused with anticipated US retail pricing

Why it existed

manufacturer stated

Higher-capacity IDE storage for OEM and anticipated retail channels

Intended users: Desktop OEMs and prospective US retail buyers

Engineering response: Maxtor DiamondMax 1750 3.5-inch IDE hard-disk family with planned Ultra DMA/33 models

Evidence and limits

IBM and Maxtor announce high-capacity 3.5-inch IDE HDDs · 1997-06-16 Maxtor DiamondMax 1750 product and planned-production passages

Contemporary report identifies the DiamondMax 1750 family, OEM emphasis, planned production, and anticipated US retail pricing.

Planned production and anticipated price do not prove retail availability; no comparable benchmark is registered.

What difference it made

Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.

Release evidence

The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.

Proposed event
product announcement with planned production
Proposed timing
1997-06 · month precision
Assessment
review required

The family identity is supported but all registered production and retail timing is prospective, so it remains review-required rather than a confirmed commercial launch.

Open questions and review

Whether planned production occurred; actual US retail availability; interface/model boundaries; first commercial channel timing.

No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.

evidence gap · follow up

Late-June/late-July production and anticipated retail pricing are plans, not observed availability.

Audit source · 1997-06-16 report

Report uses planned production and anticipated US price language.

Follow-up: Seek completed shipment or retail evidence; preserve family granularity.

Original intake sources

These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.

Original research note

Family identity. The report gives planned production timing and anticipated retail context rather than a verified store-sale date.

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1997 Storage cohort · Maxtor records