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Default OT - "World¢s Most Expensive Hard DriveTeardown"

On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:33:22 +0000, polygonum wrote:
They were definitely 14 inch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...rd_disk_drives

Andy


I accepted that the platters are 14 inches - which means the plastic
cover would have been larger. I think.


Yep. I found a photo of some ICL packs:

http://www.patooie.com/temp/packs.jpg

.... and the inside of one of the drives:

http://www.patooie.com/temp/drive.jpg

cheers

Jules