300mb disc drives

[John Allain]

>>> I can't remember any hard disks greater then 
>>> 50MB being available even into the late 1980's.

>> CDC 9766's in 1979 [...] IBM Burroughs Sperry Memorex

> Ampex and Fujitsu and Kennedy and Century and ...

Yes it's an easy softball to hit out of the park but many 
of us appreciate the historical data.

We were very familiar with the CDC 300 MB type units round
about 1983, when they were getting a bit old.  I assisted in
placing a brand-new DEC ~700MB nonremoveable pack drive at GE 
San Diego for some important work there and am trying to retrieve
data on that one.  It was a big one, Maybe a foot above the CDC's,
perhaps five feet overall.

John A.