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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:28:02 -0400
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "Michael J. Lavery" <Emjay@DORSAI.ORG>
Subject: CM> Data On a Platter
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To open a new topic, I came across an item stored in with my issues of Kilobaud, etc., called "Data on a Platter", "the Groovy new idea from EG&G".
It looks like a large 45 rpm audio disk and was to be used in their soon-to-be-released Model 010 Dataplayer Terminal. Data is read using a stylus and turntable. Capacity is 625K (8 bit) alphanumeric. "This capacity represents 150 4K core-sized programs" and believe it or not [;-) ] "all of which are always on line for loading into core in two SECONDS after accessing!!" "Online storage of a hundred or more two sided records in a jukebox will provide access to any billions of data bits WITHIN A 15-30 SECOND period."
I have no memory as to whether these made any dent or any idea of the price of such a wonder. This item seems to date from 1969. I was somewhat ignorant of developments in storage from the time that the wonder was an item that looked like a stack of very large pancakes with spaces between them used on the IBM 360 (early 1968). I believe that it was called a Hard Drive - I guess to distinguish it from the TAPE drive. [;-) The next time I was involved, the wonder was a 8" floppy used on this new CP/M system.
Any memories?
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Michael J. Lavery, Esq. "As private parts to the Gods,
are we, they play with us for
their sport."
America Online: EMJAY2 Lord Melchett
Mailto:emjay@dorsai.org Black Adder II - Chains
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "Michael J. Lavery" <Emjay@DORSAI.ORG>
Subject: CM> Data On a Platter
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
To open a new topic, I came across an item stored in with my issues of Kilobaud, etc., called "Data on a Platter", "the Groovy new idea from EG&G".
It looks like a large 45 rpm audio disk and was to be used in their soon-to-be-released Model 010 Dataplayer Terminal. Data is read using a stylus and turntable. Capacity is 625K (8 bit) alphanumeric. "This capacity represents 150 4K core-sized programs" and believe it or not [;-) ] "all of which are always on line for loading into core in two SECONDS after accessing!!" "Online storage of a hundred or more two sided records in a jukebox will provide access to any billions of data bits WITHIN A 15-30 SECOND period."
I have no memory as to whether these made any dent or any idea of the price of such a wonder. This item seems to date from 1969. I was somewhat ignorant of developments in storage from the time that the wonder was an item that looked like a stack of very large pancakes with spaces between them used on the IBM 360 (early 1968). I believe that it was called a Hard Drive - I guess to distinguish it from the TAPE drive. [;-) The next time I was involved, the wonder was a 8" floppy used on this new CP/M system.
Any memories?
- - - - - - - - - -
Michael J. Lavery, Esq. "As private parts to the Gods,
are we, they play with us for
their sport."
America Online: EMJAY2 Lord Melchett
Mailto:emjay@dorsai.org Black Adder II - Chains
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