Recounting th e"good olde days"???
Richard Sheehan
sheerich@isu.edu
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:59:00 -0600
Ok, I found a pic, not quite as big as what I was thinking, but I'm sure
they weren't all that light either.
http://is.lse.ac.uk/History/DRUM-Memory-BendixG15computer.htm
Another interesting page.
http://www.caslon.com.au/timeline6.htm
---
Richard Sheehan
IT Programmer Analyst
208-282-4427
Student Services, College of Technology
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209-8380
Ken Langendock wrote:
>
>Ha thats a laugh. Anyone actually openned a UNIX
>server?
>
>I pulled apart a IBM UNIX server after being told by
>my UNIX guy the parts were all proprietory you can't
>do anything with this machine.
>
>What a pile of crap, they were either standard IDE
>drives or basic SCSII drives. I replaced the small
>drives with bigger ones I had lying around and
>reinstalled the O/S. Works perfectly. The memory was
>old as well....now you can pick that stuff up for
>peanuts too.
>
>BTW, I remember the "washing machines" as well. I went
>into a service bureau once and thought I was in a
>sears major appliance section.
>
>
>--- Guy Werry <guy.werry@hbms.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>Sadly, no photos or anything of those, but I do
>>remember the 404 Mb HP
>>drives from the mid-80s which we referred to as the
>>"Washing Machines"
>>because they were about the size of a short washing
>>machine and under
>>certain circumstances they would shake and rumble
>>very much in the fashion
>>of one's washing machine during the spin dry cycle!
>>
>>(They also cost about $40k CDN ... now we're buying
>>USED 9GIG Unix drives
>>for about $2k CDN)!!
>>
>>Guy.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Richard Sheehan [mailto:sheerich@isu.edu]
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:33 PM
>>To: Heasman, David
>>Cc: 'powerh-l@lists.sowder.com'
>>Subject: Re: Recounting th e"good olde days"???
>>
>>
>>Does anyone have any pic's and/or old literature for
>>these drums?
>>
>>Sounds pretty interesting. I have a picture in my
>>mind of an old wax
>>cylinder record - just lots bigger. (Yes these were
>>also way before my
>>time.)
>>
>>
>>---
>>Richard Sheehan
>>IT Programmer Analyst
>>208-282-4427
>>Student Services, College of Technology
>>Idaho State University
>>Pocatello, ID 83209-8380
>>
>>
>>
>>Heasman, David wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> *From:* John Stires
>>>
>>>
>>[mailto:pencarver@sbcglobal.net]
>>
>>
>>> > Speaking of a Sperry Rand Univac 1110,
>>>
>>>
>>does anybody remember
>>
>>
>>> the Drum stoarge that went with it?
>>>
>>>
>>>> It was about he size of a small car. It was
>>>>
>>>>
>>very fast, for
>>
>>
>>> its day, but help less data than the little
>>>
>>>
>>PDA I now carry in my
>>
>>
>>> pocket.
>>>
>>> Yes Univac 1100s were used in the UK for
>>>
>>>
>>airline reservations
>>
>>
>>> because of fast file transfer to drum.
>>> There's an apocryphal tale of one slipping its
>>>
>>>
>>mountings and
>>
>>
>>> whizzing out of the first-storey window
>>> of the BP Headquarters in London in 1969. It
>>>
>>>
>>weighed about a ton
>>
>>
>>> and revolved at 5000+ r.p.m.
>>>
>>>
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