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October 1998, Week 2

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Re: Disc head wires (was Bug in pp5)
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Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]>
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Joe Geiser <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 8 Oct 1998 14:08:57 -0400
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Gavin said about "real" disk drives...

> This also sounds silly considering how far up, down,
around, and past
> multiple seals anything would have to travel to get to a
disk surface
> from the seam around the top door of a 793x.  I miss "real"
> disk drives
> (or disc drives).

Yes, back when they were DISCs and not DISKs.  IBM and DEC made DISKs - HP
made DISCs :)  HP also made "Flexible Discs" - everyone else had "Floppy
Disks".  Even HP's 3.5" floppies, were originally Flexible Discs :)

The 79xx removable discs also made incredible frisbees after you took one
apart, after it's useful life had expired (like when one spilled a Coke on a
removable volume).

Memories...

Joe

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