22 Aug
2022
22 Aug
'22
1:13 p.m.
On Aug 21, 2022, at 8:35 PM, W2HX via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I always thought it was interesting how 5 1/4 is 3U (rack units). I thought there might
have been some relationship to that. But could have been just coincidence.
For floppies, likely yes. That fact did get used later on, in storage arrays where you
can line up 14 or so disk drives, standing on edge, in a 3U 19 inch rack mounted system.
paul