Recounting th e"good olde days"???
Stuart J. Rosenboom
stuartr@ihot.com
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:28:03 -0700
Hello All,
You sparked my curiosity so, I did a Google search on Drum Memory Images
and found some interesting web pages showing an old drum memory unit and
several other old computers. See the links below.
http://users.rcn.com/crfriend/museum/TCMtrip.shtml
http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/staffweb/andersod/HoC/Field_Trips/2003/aconit2003.php
Best Regards,
Stuart J Rosenboom
Software Consultant
David Morrison - Corporate wrote:
>Click on the hyperlink available at the first URL, and check out the guy in the suit sitting at a manual typewriter.
>
>David Morrison
>McBride Electric
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Re: Recounting th e"good olde days"???
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>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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