Boat Anchor (could be any thread recently, aren't all the machines here supposed to be boat anchor candidates)
1 Aug
2013
1 Aug
'13
7:48 p.m.
I subscribe to a group which is interested in PBY aircraft and related
topics.
I had to laugh when someone posted that they had acquired a boat
anchor. Difference is on that group they guy actually had a 1700's boat
anchor and not a tube oscilloscope or other test equipment or minicomputer.
Arguably the 5160 thread is discussing a boat anchor.
Jim
1 Aug
1 Aug
7:52 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Jim Stephens wrote:
That is amusing.
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10:43 p.m.
On 8/1/2013 2:41 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Microdata made a terminal years ago, the Prism. The usual 12: ball
brothers monitor hooked between serial connection and glass. They also
made rack mounted (vertical) tape drive, the 7000 series tape drive.
The main plate of that was cast aluminum.
Guess which one weighed more, the tape drive (think like a rack mounted
Pertec or Dec drive) or the terminal. Also deserved the name. It
weighed 76# and the drive weighed 71#. Steel was cheap then. (74-77
time frame)
Jim
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