[rollei_list] Re: MFM hard drives
- From: "Robert Lilley" <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:51:34 -0400
I was told the 3B1 label was put on 7300's that had a larger drive. The
3B2 was the larger computer - a large box really with a separate monitor,
keyboard, etc. I have always called the 7300 but just that.
Rob
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[mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Williams
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Subject: [rollei_list] Re: MFM hard drives
At 09:59 PM 10/17/2008, Rob wrote, in part:
Actually my 3B1 (AT&T 7300 Unix PC) is new in the box - never used except to
load the OS. It has all the documentation and the OS on 51/4 floppy
diskettes.
I used to be a dealer for the AT&T products and the only model number I
remember was 3B2.
What dogs, over priced, under performing, you name it and they didn't have
it. I felt very lucky to sell the last one we had.
Then for Unix installs we started with the NCR Towers, also dogs.
Someone mentioned old style hard drives. We used to service an old Altos
for a very large church and the only repair we ever did for them was to
replace an external rubber drive belt.
Remember the Molecular? Fine machine in it's time. Up to 16 or 32 users on
one hard drive. Each user had its own 64K processor card. The 30 MB hard
drive was about the same size as a VW engine. We sold a lot of medical
practice management systems on Moleculars.
Improve your Windows Reliability-
Don't turn your computer on.
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