19 May
1999
19 May
'99
4:34 p.m.
On Wed, 19 May 1999 20:53:23 -0400 Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net>
writes:
can
Sad thing is, I
wouldn't know a drum memory if it fell on me. :^)
I imagine they were made by the 'heavies': CDC, GE, IBM, Burroughs,
etc.
I recall seeing some made by *Hughes* for sale in a Meshna catalog,
several eons ago.
I've still got a John Meshna catalog somewhere. '75 or '76 I think. It
got unearthed during our move and got turned under again somewhere. I even now visually recall the drum memory ad
illustration. Allison might
recall that company as Meshna was in *I think* Lowell, MA.
That's it! That's it! Wow, you mean there is actually a surviving copy?
Whoa. That sure brings back memories . . .
I bought a computer linear power supply and an ARC-3
aircraft receiver
from him and still have them. I miss those old surplus companies. Fair
Radio Sales is one of the few remaining old time companies.
You know, I never cared for these guys. All of their stuff struck me as
being horribly over priced (for most things).
Jeff
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