CDC disk drives (was Re: what IBM system is this?)
Mike Stein
mhs.stein at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 16:54:20 CDT 2015
----- Original Message -----
From: "P Gebhardt" <p.gebhardt at ymail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:27 AM
...
> 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
----- Reply -----
How many of those rooms full would fit on a 128GB
microSD card the size of your pinky's nail?
m
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