Re: Rust? (and a wordsmithing question)
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:34:41AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> On 12/11/17, 7:04 AM, Joe wrote:
> >The rigid platters of IBM cartridges and packs (the things you see in
> >computer rooms in films) did have brown oxide coatings. The surface of
> >each 12 inch platter side stored a magnificent 2.5MB, or at least the
> >version I used did. It was used in a system with an embedded DG Nova,
> >and a competitive product of the time used the modern 8 inch floppy
> >discs...
>
> The student timeshare systems my high school used (running the
> McGill University MUSIC operating system) while I was a student
> there (an IBM 370/135 at the District Office) and shortly after I
> graduated (an on-site IBM 4341) used Merlin drives.
Those times, high schools and unis built their own OSes. These day
they even outsource "programming" web pages. Way to go :-(
(Sorry. Having one of those black days)
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