h a l f b a k e r yIt might be better to just get another gerbil.
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On an PDP11 you would typically have had removable hard drive discs. These would fit into a 19 inch wide rack about the size of a microwave oven- first 3 mins of (link). You'd spin down the drive to dismount it pull the black lever to release the old disk, get the new one out of it's shell, drop it in,
and wind it up.
You could probably buy one of these for about tuppence these days, gut out and fit the cartridge with a flash drive. Imagine the fun and physical pleasure of going to the shelf, picking out the disc with the correct scrawl on the sticky backed label, and loading it in just like the old days. Joy.
RL01 hard drive
https://youtu.be/sK99WuaU_k8
5,242,880 byte disc which at that time was insanely huge. [bhumphrys, Sep 04 2026]
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[bhumphrys, Sep 04 2026]
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OK before you point it out, I know it pre-dates the Y2K by a few dozen years |
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Before that I was using paper tape. That was also cool. |
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bh! Welcome back, good to see you! Big fan of retro stuff, great memories. [+] |
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Er... I hadn't gone anywhere? But GTSY too Doc. |
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