From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] RL02 drives available
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 07:36:44 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1410050726510.86851@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141004123106.6B08718C0AE@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> They are late-production ones, too (looked, but couldn't find a date) -
> they have the anti-RFI/EMI 'finger' strips (the kind that make a
> pressure-loaded contact with the incoming connector shell), which I
> personally had never seen on any RL0x drives.
Ex-FAA? Airport radar? Those puppies are *powerful*.
ObReminisce: Back in the 70s-80s, the University of NSW put its new
computer centre on the top floor of a 14-floor building (they were afraid
of student riots at the time[*]), within clear view of Sydney Airport; the
windows were lined with mesh, and you could hear them *click* every time
the radar swung around.
[*]
Ah yes, the top floor. The other reason was fear of flooding. One day,
the air conditioning sprang a major leak, and this corrosive green liquid
ended up all over the brand spanking new high-speed CDC card reader...
-- Dave
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2014-10-04 12:31 Noel Chiappa
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