pvadbx wrote: > 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?
Hey, yes! I wrote my final year undergraduate paper in Fortran77 on a Pr1me at the University of Salford in 1991. Something to do with Digital Filter design... R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
