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Subject: Re: Perhaps their time has come.....
From: Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:15:00 -0400
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Have to laugh now when you think back to 8.5gb drives.

Are we taking a trip on the wayback machine? Cuz if we are, I specifically
remember 200 MB drives whose platters were like 15" in diameter on a S/36.
Maybe it's senility or a vivid imagination or both, but I seem to recall
being able to see the platters through a transparent housing. Did IBM ever
ship drives like that?

Oh, and I remember being amazed at being able to get that much data in such
a small space. SMH.

- Dan

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