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Re: Punch Cards (Was latest technology)
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 May 1999 01:20:26 -0400
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Chuck Duncan wrote:
>
> John Pearce continues
>
>
>
> Was the 1311 about 6 feet tall with 10 36 inch diameter 1 megabyte platters for
> a whopping 10mg?  The first disk drive was.
>
No, that was the IBM 1405, followed by the 1301, which was even
bigger
but held more data.  The 1405 was SLOW.  The seek arm had to
first
move vertically, then horizontally, all hydraulically actuated.

Regards,

Nick D.

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