Anybody recognise this?

Herr-Berbunch · 12-13-12, 10:46 AM

Currently used as my office doorstop.

I know what it is, I'm just wondering if anyone else does.

Gerald · 12-13-12, 10:51 AM

Hmm...look's like a gyro...or something, contained in sailboat,but no I don't now,but looks very familiar, an ashtray? But I don't smoke so it goes a way,

Skybird · 12-13-12, 11:21 AM

No, it is one of these round magnet tape things they used in the old days of computers to feed the machines with data, the big computer centers I mean, not just some private mini-PC. I don't know the specific term for it. To me it is the "round tape thing".

AVGWarhawk · 12-13-12, 01:30 PM

I think it is used to rewind compact disc.

Herr-Berbunch · 12-13-12, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I think it is used to rewind compact disc.

Good one.

Gerald · 12-13-12, 05:18 PM

Curling bowl

Herr-Berbunch · 12-13-12, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Curling bowl

Somebody else said that the other day. Nope.

Gerald · 12-13-12, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Somebody else said that the other day. Nope.

For god sake pump up the right thing

longam · 12-14-12, 08:38 AM

CDC hard disk drive

http://www.sunstarco.com/Hard%20Drive%20Inf/cdc.htm

Just a flash of memories lead me down the NCR search path

Reece · 12-14-12, 05:58 PM

Yes, they are disk platters, probably 9 x 12" disks, each held approximately 7mb.
This is an old ICL 4902 I once owned:

Guess how much ram it had?

GT182 · 12-18-12, 10:41 PM

It's an ashtray that sucks in the ashes.

A really big ashtray. Maybe for cigars.

Gerald · 12-18-12, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Yes, they are disk platters, probably 9 x 12" disks, each held approximately 7mb.
This is an old ICL 4902 I once owned:

Guess how much ram it had?

Is this your house Reece,

Herr-Berbunch · 12-19-12, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by longam

CDC hard disk drive

http://www.sunstarco.com/Hard%20Drive%20Inf/cdc.htm

Just a flash of memories lead me down the NCR search path

Mighty close, it's Wang Computers not CDC, it measures 15" diameter and has something like 398 MB of storage, and weighs a (metaphoric) ton.

First prize to longam.

Herr-Berbunch · 12-19-12, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Is this your house Reece,

Of course it is, you can see his toy fire engine.

Cybermat47 · 12-19-12, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Is this your house Reece,

Of course it is! Haven't you ever seen an Australian home before?

And look at the working men: In Australia, physical labour is undertaken by all. The young, the old, the fit, the weak, the newborn. Those who are facing imminent death from whatever cause, haul their own deathbed into their house! It is the Aussie way!

12-13-12, 10:46 AM	#1
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Anybody recognise this? Currently used as my office doorstop. I know what it is, I'm just wondering if anyone else does. __________________

12-13-12, 10:51 AM	#2
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Hmm...look's like a gyro...or something, contained in sailboat,but no I don't now,but looks very familiar, an ashtray? But I don't smoke so it goes a way, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	No, it is one of these round magnet tape things they used in the old days of computers to feed the machines with data, the big computer centers I mean, not just some private mini-PC. I don't know the specific term for it. To me it is the "round tape thing". __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-13-12, 01:30 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think it is used to rewind compact disc. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Curling bowl __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-14-12, 08:38 AM	#9
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	CDC hard disk drive http://www.sunstarco.com/Hard%20Drive%20Inf/cdc.htm Just a flash of memories lead me down the NCR search path

12-14-12, 05:58 PM	#10
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,693 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Yes, they are disk platters, probably 9 x 12" disks, each held approximately 7mb. This is an old ICL 4902 I once owned: Guess how much ram it had? __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-18-12, 10:41 PM	#11
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	It's an ashtray that sucks in the ashes. A really big ashtray. Maybe for cigars. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.