5 Sep
2001
5 Sep
'01
1:15 p.m.
On September 5, Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
I saw a 370/168 once. I'd swear it was the single largest computer
I've ever seen. The building it was in had a disk drive *floor*.
I had to use bleach on that underwear.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
In 1998 the
book, A Guide to Collecting Computers and Computer Collectibles:
History, Technique, and Practice was published. An abridged edition is now
available at: www.unusual.on.ca/guidecollectcomputer
Your comments are invited as are any hints where I might find a complete
370/165 or 168. I'm forever hoping.
What kind of systems are these? I will keep my eyes open. If you are
talking IBM big-iron, that can be arranged. *evil grin* 
6 Sep
6 Sep
8:26 p.m.
Wow, you know it's BIG if Dave was impressed :-) Seriuosly though, I
didn't know computers were THAT big.... I've always heard of "rooms",
but "floors" takes the cake!
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Dave McGuire wrote:
I saw a
370/168 once. I'd swear it was the single largest computer
I've ever seen.
The building it was in had a disk drive *floor*.
I had to use bleach on that underwear.
-Dave 
10 Sep
10 Sep
5:42 a.m.
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Wow, you know it's BIG if Dave was impressed :-)
Seriuosly though, I
didn't know computers were THAT big.... I've always heard of "rooms",
but "floors" takes the cake!
Even modern mainframes can take *buildings* full of disk.
Peace... Sridhar
7:15 a.m.
Wow, you know
it's BIG if Dave was impressed :-) Seriuosly though, I
didn't know computers were THAT big.... I've always heard of "rooms",
but "floors" takes the cake!
Even modern mainframes can take *buildings* full of disk.
8:01 a.m.
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
Yes. We've got our disks on a couple of different
floors, neither of
which are the same as the floor the mainframes are one. We've got at
least three floors of mainframes.
Hey Eric. Would you be interested in seeing a picture of my S/390 G1
before I take it off the truck with a forklift?
Peace... Sridhar
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