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January 2003, Week 3

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Re: Fwd: OT: Fun Quiz
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:35:49 -0800
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Christian tries to make us even older:
> 41 - MPE releases with names ("Athena", "Bruno", "Ciper", "Impact" ...)

Wasn't C-MIT referred to as "Cheetah"?  Ciper was the 2608(S?) line printer
protocol IIRC.

> 45 - Football field-size computer rooms with a kitchen fridge-size HP3000
in
> the middle.

Still plenty of these around.  In some cases the HP3000's are Series 70s
too.

> 46 - HP discs (note the C, no K yet !!!) being able to handle sector
> atomicity and write sequentiality

And when a MB of disc storage meant 2^20, not 10^6.

> 48 - The biggest disk being a 13" 5-mb single-platter mirrored onto an
> identical removable one

Or disk drives with heads that never moved.

G.

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