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From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bulk storage
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 21:33:45 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 21:33:45 1985
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Nf-From: wdl1!jbn    May 13 18:13:00 1985


     The same day that Storage Technology announced that it was abandoning
its 4GB laser disk product, IBM announced a 4.5GB magnetic disk drive.
Unfortunately, the IBM drive is only available at present with a hideously
expensive controller for IBM mainframes.  But the technology is clearly
there on the magnetic side.