Punch Cards.

Dick Seabrook dick.seabrook at gmail.com
Wed Apr 2 19:11:27 UTC 2008


2008/4/2 Michael Weiner <hunter at userfriendly.net>:

> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I worked in a "computer room" once, a long time ago -- do they still
> > > have these? The hard drives were as big as washing machines and
> > > rattled
> > > as if they were on spin cycle.
> > >
> >
> > They do still have computer rooms and for some reason they just keep
> > sucking more and more power to run and more air conditioning to cool.
>
>
> http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/HistoryPt4.htm
>
> Enjoy the walk back!!!!
> Michael Weiner
>
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Thanks for the link!  I used to operate one of those 7094s back in the 60s.
Dick S.

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