It could also be from a Boroughs drive that DEC called a RB drive. On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jul 2026, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: > > > Nice to see some photos. I have only ever read about RAMAC and the only > photos I have seen are IBM marketing photos from the late 50s/early 60s. > > The one that Dennis Boone posted is not bad: > https://gallery.porterstreetcafe.com/vcfmw/2007/slide_71.html > > > In 1958?, Nikita Khrushchev visited USA to try to calm the cold war a > little. > He wasn't allowed to go to Disneyland! > He was a little upset. "Is there an outbreak of cholera? Have gangsters > taken it over, who might harm me?" etc. > He was given an incredible dinner in Hollywood. Mrs. Khrushchev expressed > disapointment about not going. Sinatra said to Niven, "Tell the old broad > that you and I will take her there, personally" > To make up for it, they took him to the IBM facility in San Jose, and > showed him Ramac construction. He was more impressed with the > efficiency of the self service cafeteria. > > I think that the Cuban missile crisis would have been a lot less tense if > they were to have let him go to Disneyland! > > New Yorker ran a cartoon that showed a submarine surfacing off shore, and > a fat man sneaking to Disneyland. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected] > -- Michael Thompson
