Al Shugart

[Transpower]

Do you think the mainstream media will cover Mr. Shugart's death?  Nah, 
I think not.  They usually report only the deaths of politicians and 
entertainment figures.

Regards,
Ron Satz
Transpower Corporation
www.transpowercorp.com
transpower at aol.com


Nelson D. Coleman wrote on 2/1/2007, 7:38 AM:

 > For those of use remembering the huge floppy and hard drives of
 > yesteryear, there is a good article by Tom Coughlin on the passing of Al
 > Shugart at processor.com at
 > 
http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp2901%2F06ap01%2F06ap01.asp&guid=&searchtype=&WordList=&bJumpTo=True 

 >
 > .
 >
 > Other than the technical error about the 52 foot diameter hard drive.  [
 > http://www.cedmagic.com/history/ibm-305-ramac.html ] where I suppose an
 > editor changed 50 24 inch to 52 foot.
 > --
 > ...ndc
 >
 > Nelson D. Coleman
 > Emerald Computer Systems
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