IBM WDS-L80 95F7172 80MB 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive 50-Pin Apple Mac OEM 1993 HDD

IBM WDS-L80 95F7172 80MB 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive 50-Pin Apple Mac OEM 1993 HDD

The IBM WDS-L80 is an 80MB 3.5-inch narrow SCSI hard drive manufactured by IBM Japan to Apple Computer's internal specifications. Carrying IBM part number 95F7172, this drive was supplied as an OEM internal HDD for Apple Macintosh systems and bears the Apple Computer Inc. label alongside the IBM OEM designation. The label confirms a firmware date of 1993 and a DC power requirement of 5V and 12V, standard for 3.5-inch drives of this generation.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: IBM (OEM for Apple Computer Inc.)
• Model: WDS-L80
• Part Number: 95F7172
• Capacity: 80 MB
• Form Factor: 3.5"
• Interface: SCSI, 50-Pin (Narrow SCSI)
• Power: 5V, 12V DC
• Firmware: © 1993
• Manufactured by: IBM Japan LTD.
• Certifications: CSA, UL (visible on label)
• Condition: Tested, formatted, and wiped — all previous data securely erased
• Includes: Drive only — no cables or mounting hardware

Applications

The WDS-L80 was designed as an internal SCSI hard drive for Apple Macintosh computers of the early 1990s — specifically models that used a 50-pin narrow SCSI interface for internal storage. Apple commonly sourced drives from IBM, Quantum, Seagate, and Fujitsu during this era, and IBM-manufactured Apple-spec drives like this one appeared in machines such as the Macintosh Quadra, LC, and Centris lines. Because these drives used the standard 50-pin SCSI interface, they are also compatible with any SCSI host controller or enclosure supporting narrow (SE) SCSI — including vintage PC SCSI cards, Sun workstations, and other early-1990s UNIX systems. Today, drives like this are sought by vintage Mac restorers, retrocomputing collectors, and anyone maintaining early-1990s SCSI-based systems. The 80MB capacity and 3.5-inch form factor were mainstream for the period, when this represented a full-size primary system drive.