[SunRescue] old storage

[Shawn Boyette]

Nick Kociuk writes:

 > On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, BSD Bob wrote:
 > > 
 > > Hey, a platter hung on the wall would be a shocker to those folks used
 > > to teensie weensie 3.5 inch platters.....(:+}}...
 > 
 > out of curiosity, just how big were these drives...?

Well, the one on my wall is from a HP250 Minicomputer that was given
to me. It's 17.5 inches across (it's a 32M platter).

And yes, it DOES shock and amaze people who are used to gigs in a
package of a few cubic inches :)

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Shawn Boyette, Programmer -- mdxi at collapsar.cx
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