Re: I just thought about something.... This is incredible..

[Bill Bach <bbach@cncdsl.com>]

Oh yeah???  Well, just try backing up your "1" high by around 4" wide"
drive to an NTSC videotape recorder!  Now THAT was real Corvus innovation!

We never had a 20MB Corvus, but we did have two 10MB drives on the
network...
    The Insane Apple
    Long Live Ripco

Adrian wrote:

> Ok, back when I was a youngster, I saved for many months (I had a
> paper-route) to buy a used Corvus Systems 20 meg hard disk for my
> Apple ][ home-made Pirate BBS system... I paid around $750 for a VERY
> used hard disk.  This hard disk was 6.37" high, and was 14.50" wide,
> and was some 23"+ inches deep.
>
> For FAR less than $750, you can buy a 100 gigabyte disk with a form
> factor of 1" high by around 4" wide...
>
> A 100 gigabyte disk is the equivalent to 5000 (Five Thousand) Corvus
> Systems 20 meg hard disks...
>
> So, the Square root of 5000 is Aprox 70.7.. If we stacked 70.7 Corvus
> hard disks high, and 70.7 Corvus hard disks wide, we would end up with
> a wall of Corvus hard disks that is 37.55 FEET high, by 85.42 FEET
> wide.  That same wall of Corvus hard disks is equivalent to a 1 inch,
> by 4 inch 100gig drive...
>
> Amazing, eh?
>
> Boy, do I miss the good'ol times with the Apple ][...
>
> Adrian  (a.k.a) The Assembler back in the Apple ][ hacking days..