Recounting th e"good olde days"???

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:31:23 -0400

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In 1979, those washing machines were only 10 MB and the HP3000 was 
approx 3 feet by 3 feet standing 6 feet tall.

Olav.

Guy Werry 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:
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>>    -----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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In 1979, those washing machines were only 10 MB and the HP3000 was
approx 3 feet by 3 feet standing 6 feet tall. 
 
Olav. 
 
 
 
Guy Werry wrote: 
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 <pre wrap="">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 [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:sheerich@isu.edu">mailto:sheerich@isu.edu</a>]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:33 PM
To: Heasman, David
Cc: '<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:powerh-l@lists.sowder.com">powerh-l@lists.sowder.com</a>'
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:

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    -----Original Message-----
    *From:* John Stires [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pencarver@sbcglobal.net">mailto:pencarver@sbcglobal.net</a>]
     &gt;  Speaking of a  Sperry Rand Univac 1110, does anybody remember
    the Drum stoarge that went with it?    
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    <pre wrap="">    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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