Re: Newbie question on table design.

paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote:

>paul c wrote:
>> -CELKO- wrote:
>> ....
>>
>>> Yes, but it discovered large data sets from the start since it was a
>>> scientific machine. Ever see a data cell machine?
>>> ...
>>
>>
>> capacity something like 400 MB in 1969, considered gigantic at the time,
>> half-second access time, cost about CAD 250,000. ten years later, i was
>> given one, it had about 1200 hours on the clock. i think it weighed
>> about 800 pounds. in those days, most mainframe hardware had permanent
>> castors with excellent bearings. model might have been called a 2319,
>> can't remember for sure.
>
>coming back now, i think it was the 2321. with any luck, i'll blow a
>valve before everybody else gets sick of this tripe.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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