At an aircraft repair shop I worked at before I got into IT (just a computer hobbyist at that point never thinking that I would change careers) they had a System/36 with the 8" floppy cartridges for backups. Took like 6 or 8 cartridges with several diskettes in each cartridge. I had just sold my C64 and bought a C128D and added the 1571 drive I used on the C64 so I had two drives. That was a hot setup in the day. However, it's day didn't last very long. My son (now 25) still longs for the Commodore version of Choplifter. LOL Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Devin Meade <devin.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > Aaruughhh Deskworks 36 nightmares! I knew just about all the PF key > assignments for that little jewel. PF12 we re-calc I think. Press that and > everyone takes a coffee break while your spreadsheet re-calculated (then you > go fix errors and do it again). I think it had ~8 inch "floppy disk > cartridges" or something like that. Good times, good times. > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Steven M. Caesare > <scaes...@caesare.com>wrote: > >> Nice! >> >> >> >> The System/36 at our company had a mechanical “life system” in it where in >> you attached a ratchet to a hex head crank and ratcheted the disc pack up so >> you could get at the guts underneath it. >> >> >> >> First time I saw a computer that needed sockets the same size I used on my >> car engine. >> >> >> >> -sc >> >> >> >> *From:* Len Hammond [mailto:lenhammo...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Monday, August 10, 2009 4:02 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: LinkedIn >> >> >> >> I've got one of those in my garage to save for posterity. Weighs about 100 >> pounds and the drive motor is 1/3 horsepower. Was 'huge' too, by the >> standards of the day - 550MB. It had 4 each 14" platters. When I retired the >> VAX it was attached to I pulled the other one apart and most of us in the >> company signed a platter and presented it to the company owner & president >> to remember the VAX by. >> >> >> >> >> Len Hammond >> CSI:Hartland >> lenhamm...@gmail.com >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com> >> wrote: >> >> C’mon… belt-driven hard disks are uber c00l! >> >> >> >> -sc >> >> >> >> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 10:11 AM >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: LinkedIn >> >> >> >> We still have is run in the walls but Thank God all the hardware that used >> it is gone. System 36 and what a nightmare that was. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Devin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
