on 7/23/2007 1:51 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > Les wrote: > >> Yes, Solaris is Unix, and runs on x86 and lots of other architectures. >> As to the big machines in really cold rooms, most modern desktops have >> more power than the early Unix systems did. In 1972 a 10Mb disk was >> huge. I worked on a 40Mb disk which had air pumps, pnumatic pistons to >> drive the heads and ran at 3600 RPM with platters that were about 20" in >> diameter if I remember right. > > Are you sure they were pneumatic? When I worked on those types of disk > systems in the 70's they were hydraulic. I honestly have no idea what it is that you GEEKS are talking about here. But a long, long time ago. I remember really large machines in really cold rooms with 'tapes' going back an forth. ;-) This was remodels. And a really long time ago. I really don't care these days. Bottom line is green works really well. Much better than red. ;-) -- David
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