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Atex Australia at the Melbourne Age

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Uploaded by on Oct 17, 2006

In 1981, the classified ad-taking system at the Age in Melbourne was the world's largest newspaper system of its kind. It consisted of 10 PDP-11/34 computers networked together, roughly equivalent to about 10 personal computers 10 years 15 years ago. The large "washing machine" we were clowning about is actually a 300 Megabyte drive, considered huge in those days. Atex was the largest user of Control Data hard drives. I hurt my back swapping those monster drives.

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  • great - worked with Atex J11's from 85 until 2001

    Thanks for saving and sharing.

  • Great recording. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for SAVING!

  • Why the hell were they using a master, surely the master never gets used?

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