CDC disk drives (was Re: what IBM system is this?)

[Mike Stein]

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From: "P Gebhardt" <p.gebhardt at ymail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:27 AM

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> Wow, more than hundred of these CDC drives??? 
> This must have been a massive installation! I 
> didn't know so many disk drives could be 
> combined with Cyber systems. Thanks for the 
> insights!
> I was already amazed by pictures provided by the 
> University of Auckland:
> https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/FifthFloor/MagneticDataStorage/DataStorageImages/DiskPacks/CDCComputerRoom.jpg
>
> It doesn't say, though, where this picture was
> taken.
>
> Kind regards,
> Pierre

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How many of those rooms full would fit on a 128GB
microSD card the size of your pinky's nail?

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