On 12/04/2014 08:07 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/04/2014 02:05 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: >> . The device was the size of a large drawer, weighing >> about 50 kg, and ran continously without failure (and >> without back up system) up until we switched it all off to >> make room for a more modern system. The disk made it more >> than 30 years without repairs. > OK, in the VERY OLD days, with very high head flying height, > and low density, > it was possible to make drives with pretty long lifetimes. > I still think you > get VERY lucky with that system. I doubt too many of them > ran for 30 > years without failure. > > Jon Hi Jon,
I may have something similar: 19" rack x 6" or so. Built like a battleship. Kennedy brand, one 14" platter for 45 Mb. Has a nice plexiglass cover so it made a good macro demonstration of a hard drive. Dave > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
