Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Ozzie Paez <ozpaez () SPRYNET COM>]

No apologies needed, but it does bring to light the issue of how much will
be permanently lost due to the speed at which technology has progressed.
Over the last five decades computer equipment became obsolete so fast that
they were never old enough so that a museum or historical institution would
want them.  I actually kept several racks of Cisco firewalls, switches and
routers just so that I could show them to some of the newer guys that came
up after this type of equipment shrunk down to the size of a Kleenex box.  I
do think that we lose much when we do not have a point of reference to
inform us of how far and fast we have come.  Fun conversation from one and
all - Ozzie

 

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Nate johnson
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:13 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties

 

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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