8 Jan
2017
8 Jan
'17
7:44 a.m.
On 01/08/2017 03:02 AM, Mark Linimon wrote:
- One time a contractor came in to paint the building
and despite
instructions, painted the computer room as well. Of course the paint
got in to the Bryant. The folks who worked on it said, well, what
have we got to lose. They pulled the platters, used some kind of
solvent to remove the mess, put them back in, and the thing just
continued to work. "Tolerances", who needs 'em ...
I had a couple of the salvaged Bryant platters as mementos back in the
day. I thought about making a coffee table out of one, but the hole in
the middle was a stopper for me. Perhaps I should have stuck a
flowerpot in it or something...
As I recall the heads on the Bryant weighed in at about 8 lbs apiece.
--Chuck