On 01/02/2018 12:04 AM, clipka wrote:

> 
> The first PC I got my hands on had a hard drive so mind-bogglingly large
> that the OS couldn't manage it as a single partition: 40 MB!
> 

I had a PDP-8s (and a PDP-8e).  The 's' was a full 8 foot rack and had 
4KB of core memory.  It had a 16KB hard disk; a 10" platter 1/2" thick 
with 4 fixed heads. You could select which head and which quadrant of 
disk for 1KB resolution!  The downstairs neighbors used to bang on the 
ceiling with a broom when I turned it on because it trashed over-the-air TV.

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dik
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