Re: Whopping 120MB (MEGAbyte) HD

Franc Zabkar wrote:
When I dismantled a 250kg 80s era 300MB drive, I got $70 in scrap
value for the aluminium casting. I'm now using the chassis as a tool
trolley.

- Franc Zabkar
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I read "250kg" + "300MB" a coupla times before it sank in. (Then I saw later
post, that the drive you were referring to was CDC ... i.e. "big iron") Yeah,
those things sure were some kinda big, compared to any PC HD. In another life I
had a lot of hands-on with IBM 3330's removable packs.
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