4 Oct
2014
4 Oct
'14
8:36 p.m.
On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, Noel Chiappa wrote:
They are late-production ones, too (looked, but
couldn't find a date) -
they have the anti-RFI/EMI 'finger' strips (the kind that make a
pressure-loaded contact with the incoming connector shell), which I
personally had never seen on any RL0x drives.
Ex-FAA? Airport radar? Those puppies are *powerful*.
ObReminisce: Back in the 70s-80s, the University of NSW put its new
computer centre on the top floor of a 14-floor building (they were afraid
of student riots at the time[*]), within clear view of Sydney Airport; the
windows were lined with mesh, and you could hear them *click* every time
the radar swung around.
[*]
Ah yes, the top floor. The other reason was fear of flooding. One day,
the air conditioning sprang a major leak, and this corrosive green liquid
ended up all over the brand spanking new high-speed CDC card reader...
-- Dave