13 Aug
2012
13 Aug
'12
9:54 p.m.
On 08/14/2012 12:45 AM, jimpdavis wrote:
I always liked the sound of the vacuum coming on after mounting the tape
and the satisfying Shhhh, FOOP then the tape advancing to the BOT marks.
Of course, if it didn't mount, you got that disappointing POP, flap flap
flap as the tape went into the column and the vacuum fans shut down.
Yes, sounds like an overgrown coffee percolator gone horribly,
horribly wrong! :-)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Being a little young to have actually in data centers
like these but,
having worked with some of the gear later and worked in more modern data
centers, how are they working in all that noise ? I realize these are ad
shots but, all the the normal operation shots make it look like that is
how it was done. Well, minus any women of course.
How loud was it really ? Say in something like this
http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/HtmlHelp/Images2/IBM7094.…
I've never seen much soundproofing on mainframe gear so, I assume it
must have been really loud in there.
With all those 729 magtape drives?
Deafening.
