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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 1990 17:50
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 1990 17:50
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In article <1990Nov13.210141.28709@en.ecn.purdue.edu> milton@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Milton D Miller) writes:
>In article <JIM.90Nov12221608@baroque.Stanford.EDU> jim@baroque.Stanford.EDU (James Helman) writes:
>>I remember people having Corvus disk systems on their Apple II's
>>around 1980.
>Well, let's see what I can rember. We had one of these installed in
>high school... The lab was installed in 1982; I graduated in 1986.
...
>What I rember was 3 stackable boxes about 9x15" of various heights,
>one was the network interface (2-3" high), one was the VCR backup
>attachment (one board in a 1" case), and the disk itself
Sounds like a Corvus Constellation setup with the Corvus Mirror VCR backup
device. Who says videotape data storage is a new idea :-)
Someone actually bought a Mirror? Wow.
-dave
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!mimsy!mojo!hsu From: hsu@eng.umd.edu (Dagwood splits the Atom) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc,comp.os.cpm,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Early microcomputer networks Message-ID: <1990Nov14.175037.1497@eng.umd.edu> Date: 14 Nov 90 17:50:37 GMT References: <1990Nov12.232142.16577@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <JIM.90Nov12221608@baroque.Stanford.EDU> <1990Nov13.210141.28709@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 23