On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:24:03 +0000, Jules Richardson wrote:

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

Grabbed a copy to show students. Hope that's OK!

Are you on Facebook, BTW? I have a group with various ex-UKC CompSci
students on there...



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