From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 07:36:44 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] RL02 drives available In-Reply-To: <20141004123106.6B08718C0AE@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20141004123106.6B08718C0AE@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: 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