From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:22:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:22:28 -0400 Received: from munchkin.spectacle-pond.org ([209.192.197.45]:10501 "EHLO munchkin.spectacle-pond.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:22:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:21:48 -0400 From: Michael Meissner To: Rob Landley Cc: asmith@14inverleith.freeserve.co.uk, Kai Henningsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, penguicon-comphist@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [comphist] Re: Microsoft and Xenix. Message-ID: <20010626172148.A588@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org> In-Reply-To: <01062610445301.12583@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01062610445301.12583@localhost.localdomain>; from landley@webofficenow.com on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:44:53AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:44:53AM -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > Okay, so they're 2.4 megabyte removable cartridges? How big? Are they tapes > or disk packs? (I.E. can you run off of them or are they just storage?) I > know lots of early copies of unix were sent out from Bell Labs on RK05 > cartidges signed "love, ken"... IIRC, rk05 was a removable disk drive, 1 platter to the assembly, about the size of a large pizza box. They were the standard disk drives for small DEC machines of the era. My memories from 30+ years ago, say they were maybe 10 pounds each. I would imagine you are confusing tapes with disks (ie, tk instead of rk) in terms of the release media Bell Labs sent out (at least I never saw a disk with the media, and I did have a job of trying to port the V7 compiler to a V6 system). It could be the very early customers got disks, and the later ones got tapes. -- Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group) PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA Work: meissner@redhat.com phone: +1 978-486-9304 Non-work: meissner@spectacle-pond.org fax: +1 978-692-4482