20 Feb
2003
20 Feb
'03
8:55 a.m.
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Murray McCullough wrote:
Hi Jules,
To my knowledge the largest hard drive platter was 24". IBM the inventor may have
produced
an experimental platter of ~1 m as a demonstration project to management and maybe these
platters
were 'sold' or distributed to IBM employees?
We have a damaged platter hanging on the wall here. Until I climbed on
the table and measured it, it sure LOOKED a lot bigger than 24".
I've been told by unreliable sources that it came from an IBM 1620 CARET
("Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try"), and that it held 100K. Anybody know
what
I can look for to confirm or refute?