David Boles 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. I'm talking about the Control Data 808 Disk. The one I worked on was craned in to a site on Wall Street in NYC. When it was de-installed it was cut in pieces with an acetylene torch and taken down the elevator. > 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. ;-) Well, in those days the margin on hardware sales was *VERY* good. So, the green was flowing. The salesman for our government services organization owned his own airplane.....
