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To: PapaBear3625
I got you beat. When I started out, we were using IBM 2311 disk drives, a washing-machine-sized unit with 7 1/2 meg capacity.

I can't top that. I only go back to PDP8, paper tape, core memory, and Priam 14" drives.
21 posted on 01/13/2012 10:01:24 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (May Mitt Romney be the Mo Udall of 2012.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I remember the PDP8. I remember having to load the boot code from the switch registers, then booting from paper tape. Our college “small computer lab” also had a PDP-5.


22 posted on 01/13/2012 10:04:19 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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