16 Oct
2000
16 Oct
'00
12:16 p.m.
-> > Fascinating, ..."Whirlwind" ... $10K at auction.
->
-> Ease up. It's a Fleamarket of independants.
-> They can get whatever MIT surplusses if they're
-> in the area to start with. Many are the gypsy type.
->
-> (But where Do 30" platters come from...???)
I remember working on a large drive that used 30" platters around 1975,
and it was vintage then. IIRC, it had an external air compressor and was
about 6 feet long by 4 feet wide and 6 feet high. It had clear doors
with windows on both of the long sides where you could see the platters
spinning and the heads moving. Don't remember much else.
Bill