> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Hal Kaplan > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] A 5MB hard disk in 1956 > > => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > => > => I saw something like this in use with at Univac. It was > => used to store data coming from satellites. I don't know how > => old it was or how long it was there, but I saw it in 1965. > => It was a horizontal drum. It must have been around for a > => while because at that time they had installed a whole floor of > => computers that were using disk packs. > => > => Jeff > => > > Tell me more, Jeff. Where did you see this and when? I am curious > because I saw the same things. Maybe we have some war stories to share. > > B+ > HALinNY >
I don't know how much I can say about what I saw because some of it may be in use today - even though the operating system is no longer supported. ;^) But if you saw the movie Apollo 13 where all of the ground crew were sitting around terminals, my brother in law was "in charge" of a room like that for unmanned space flights. It was in Southern California in the mid to late 60's. Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/x-pkcs7-signature --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
