Monday, May 19, 2008
Treasure!
What is it? It's the size of a large snare drum. It's a little larger than a cake container. It cost approximately $5,000 when it was new. It goes in a machine the size of a washer or dryer, and that machine cost nearly $20,000 when it was new. The blue cover, when it is screwed on like it is now, is airtight to keep out dust and dirt, because even a microscopic amount of dust could ruin it. Of course, this one is bad, and I got it for $15. But hey, even at that price, I consider it treasure, because these things were in vogue in 1975! What is it?
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I'm stumped... It looks familiar and I feel like I should know this. But I'm stumped. It'll probably come to me at two in the morning and I'll wake up going "AHA!" and then fall back asleep.
It's a computer data disk, circa 1975
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