Remembering RAMAC

[Al Kossow]

a few choice quotes from the article:

"disks were coated with magnetic iron oxide paint, similar to that on 
the Golden Gate Bridge."

Ah.. now I know where to get the stuff to fix the head crashes on my 
2315 packs.


"Before the advent of magnetic disk storage, computers stored their 
information on rolls of magnetic tape or coded punch cards. Retrieving 
information could take hours or days."

Or magnetic drums, which did NOT have the access time problems of tape 
or cards (but, unfortunately weren't an IBM invention)


" he has been pushing to create a museum at 99 Notre Dame Ave. He may 
get his wish. The San Jose City Council recently passed a resolution 
promising to begin discussions around the idea."

You can look at the success and speed the "little city that could" has 
had with doing anything with the
PERHAM and CHAC collections for what is going to happen with this idea.