mbonsack;145860 Wrote: > When I was at HP in 83 and 84, we affectionately called our 404MB drives > "dishwashers", as they looked almost *exactly* like one, replete with > front-panel controls and door-locking mechanism for the top-load disk > pack. They too required 220V power, weighed a ton, and used a > removable pack that looked like a stack of dinner plates in keeping > with the kitchen motif. It even sounded like a dishwasher and > practically shook itself off the floor when doing heavy I/O.
yep, those were the ones. ours used to wander around the computer room when a lot of students were accessing them. for the uninitiated, these were "super-mini" computers that used a time-sharing approach--I managed a lab with 35 terminals where they all accessed the same computer. does anyone remember Pr1me Computer? -- pvadbx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pvadbx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28621 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
