Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
Walter Bushell writes:

per byte it must be some kind of flopy. Just think of a gigabyte
worth of floppies would look like. OTOH don't. Probably punched
paper tape, though.

.... snip ...

some technology, sort of combination from 2321 datacell and old time
disks with single arm moving between platters. it had several hundred
floppies all rotating on a single (horizontal) shaft. r/w head moved
back&forth along the spindle ... and when the r/w head got into position
at the correct floppy ... shot of compressed air (2321 sort of had
something similar as part of inserting strip back into its bin) would
separate the floppies so the head could be inserted (had sort of leading
thin blade that entered first). there was a problem (i don't believe was
ever resolved) with the floppy material streching because of the
constant spinning (this effort was in the mid-to-late 70s ... after
floppies had been invented in san jose ... but before seeing use in PCs).

Sounds like an utter horror. Somebody must have been very
persuasive.

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