That's the beauty of an ambiguous post... On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote:
> Um. Yeah. > > > > Are you suggesting that I should have seen them BEFORE then, or are you > asking about subsequent ones? > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, August 10, 2009 5:25 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: LinkedIn > > > > First? > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nice! > > > > The System/36 at our company had a mechanical “life system” in it where in > you attached a ratchet to a hex head crank and ratcheted the disc pack up so > you could get at the guts underneath it. > > > > First time I saw a computer that needed sockets the same size I used on my > car engine. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Len Hammond [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, August 10, 2009 4:02 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: LinkedIn > > > > I've got one of those in my garage to save for posterity. Weighs about 100 > pounds and the drive motor is 1/3 horsepower. Was 'huge' too, by the > standards of the day - 550MB. It had 4 each 14" platters. When I retired the > VAX it was attached to I pulled the other one apart and most of us in the > company signed a platter and presented it to the company owner & president > to remember the VAX by. > > > > > Len Hammond > CSI:Hartland > [email protected] > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: > > C’mon… belt-driven hard disks are uber c00l! > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 10:11 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: LinkedIn > > > > We still have is run in the walls but Thank God all the hardware that used > it is gone. System 36 and what a nightmare that was. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
