On Wed, 19 May 1999 20:53:23 -0400 Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
writes:
>>Sad thing is, I wouldn't know a drum memory if it fell on me. :^)
>>I imagine they were made by the 'heavies': CDC, GE, IBM, Burroughs,
>>etc.
>>
>>I recall seeing some made by *Hughes* for sale in a Meshna catalog,
>>several eons ago.
>
>I've still got a John Meshna catalog somewhere. '75 or '76 I think. It
>got unearthed during our move and got turned under again somewhere. I
can
>even now visually recall the drum memory ad illustration. Allison might
>recall that company as Meshna was in *I think* Lowell, MA.
That's it! That's it! Wow, you mean there is actually a surviving copy?
Whoa. That sure brings back memories . . .
>I bought a computer linear power supply and an ARC-3 aircraft receiver
>from him and still have them. I miss those old surplus companies. Fair
>Radio Sales is one of the few remaining old time companies.
You know, I never cared for these guys. All of their stuff struck me as
being horribly over priced (for most things).
Jeff
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Received on Wed May 19 1999 - 23:34:34 BST