7 Dec
2020
7 Dec
'20
1:07 p.m.
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
For a long time, the CDC 808 disk drive was standard
fare on CDC 6000--4
spindles spinning stacks of what must have been 30" disks, using an
array of 6-bit parallel heads. About 7 feet tall and very reliable.
Several sources said 26", but one said 39"
26" sounds about right, and is even bigger than the RAMAC (24").
39" platter would make a good dining rooom table, instead of patio table.