8" floppy system needed to recover old game data
Gil Carrick
gilcarrick at comcast.net
Sun Oct 9 18:47:56 CDT 2005
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> Actually, it's quite common for large-ish machinery to need
> shipping bolts, clamps, etc to be fitted. I can think of a
> lot of non-computer-related examples.
Lots of the older large disk drives had a restraining bolt that would lock
the heads into a retracted position when you were going to ship it. The CDC
9762 is one I am familiar with.
Gil
>
> -tony
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