Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Nate johnson <njj () NJJ-ASSOCIATES COM>]

Greetings Valdis:

Thank you for correcting my errors.  Ossie, and everyone else, please accept my apology.  Indeed, I was in error, a memory parity error perhaps.  Even an IBM 1311 disk drive could house approximately 2 M and an IBM 2311 housed approximately 7 M.  For some reason, the 5M just didn't resonate with me and the 360/30 disk capacity.  Obviously, I forgot the 28 M of storage at the School District of Philadelphia.  Perhaps there was an overlap with the disk drives on the RCA 70/35, 70/45, or 70/55 processing configurations.  For any future trips down memory lane, I will stay on the right side of the road.  

With best regards,

Nate  
On Aug 20, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:31:42 EDT, Nate johnson said:
>
> > You may have a point.  The picture was taken before my entry into the 
> > field.  My memory may have failed, no pun intended, but I don't recall 
> > memory sizes approaching 5 MBs in the 1960s, but that could simply be 
> > my experience set.
>
> It does appear to be an IBM 350 disk drive, with a capacity of 5M:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_350.html
> http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_PH0350A.html
>
> I just doubt that IBM ever shipped one on a plane without lots of plywood
> around it. ;)
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