Whatzit?

[HONDO74]

The Seychelles Islands' unique "Love Nuts"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-seyche ... -mer-tree/

The romantic Republic of Seychelles, nearly a thousand miles off the eastern coast of Africa, and a honeymoon hotspot, is the only place in the entire world where you can find "love nuts" growing in the wild.

The Seychelles' Coco De Mer tree produces the largest seed of any plant. Known as "Love Nuts," the seeds aren't just famous because of their size. They're famous because of their shape.

As described by Dr. Frauke Fleischer-Dogley, the Chief Executive Officer of the Seychelles Island Foundation, "It's like the bottom of a female lady. That's what it looks like!"

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"It's like the bottom of a female lady."

Hmmmmmm..........................

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The shape and dimensions of what is produced by the separate male part of "Coconut of the Sea" plants for pollination of the female parts has interested some folks, too.

[HONDO74]

Whatzit ?

[Mitch]

UNIVAC arriving?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Delivery of an armoire ?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

UNIVAC arriving?

Not an IBM product....

[HONDO74]

Clue

Today the same item can be in a 3inch X 5inch X 1/2inch package...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Clue

Today the same item can be in a 3inch X 5inch X 1/2inch package...

phone?

[HONDO74]

IBM Staff Loads a Heavy, Five MB IBM, Hard Drive Onto a Truck
https://populareverything.com/many-pict ... um=NEWS_US

[Rufus T. Firefly]

IBM Staff Loads a Heavy, Five MB IBM, Hard Drive Onto a Truck
https://populareverything.com/many-pict ... um=NEWS_US

Ok, but a standard hard drive like the stack here in my office is more like 4"x6"x1". Old floppy was 5.25" and the later floppy was 3.5"; there was one earlier ~10". I used to have a stack of the older removable hard drive discs; ~ 16"?

The good old days.....

Now I have a 4T drive on my desk and it's ~ 5"x8"x1".

[rogruth]

I guess this is a good thing. ???

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I guess this is a good thing. ???

All depends on who uses it and what for......

[webenda]

I remember these things. My programs were stored on IBM cards so the software did not use very much computer storage space.


There are the equivalent of 25,600 of those 5mb storage units inside one of these 128GB storage units.

[rogruth]

To most of you that is probably no surprise but to this old geezer that is a WOW!