Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> When the high school finally replaced the old NCR-50 mainframe (such as it 
> was) with a PR1ME, the disk drive was in a cabinet literally as big as a 
> fridge. However, if you opened it up, the cabinet was empty but for some 
> wiring and a disk drive maybe 10cm high. The head of the department couldn't 
> stop laughing for about 20 minutes.

  Maybe back then it was a questio of vendors thinking that customers would
think "if it isn't (physically) big, it can't be good".

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                                                          - Warp

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