[TUHS] /dev/drum

[Dave Horsfall]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2018, Ron Natalie wrote:

> Drums were usually fixed head, although those UNIVACers out there will 
> remember the Fastrand drums which had flying head.  Massive units looked 
> like 6' lengths of sewer pipe covered in iron oxide. It was sort of the 
> basis of UNIVAC storage units.

Now you have me remembering (always dangerous)...  Our DEC Field Circus 
gingerbeer mentioned that he had to maintain a drum, whereby the drum 
itself slid back and forth, and he used to take the female operators to, 
ahem, view it in action...

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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."