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From: jitze@u02.svl.cdc.com (Jitze Couperus)
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Subject: Re: Wanted.. any info on 26" disk drive platter
Keywords: ancient,relic
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Date: 12 Sep 90 20:25:40 GMT
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I believe Steve Jay is right - the 6603 disk was bigger than 26 inches -
I thought I heard 'em referred to as 1 metre disks...

I first saw that particular peripheral attached to an RCA301 computer
(early solid state - contemporaneous with IBM 1401) and this was in turn
derived from a specialised military application referred to as "mobidic"
which consisted of aforementioned RCA301 with a Bryant Excello mounted
in back of a 5 ton truck - the name mobidic derives from "mobile disk drive".

RCA got the contract and made a civilian version with a Cobol compiler
which is where I came in...
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