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Change: RAMAC. This patent led to their induction in 2007 into the Inventors Hall of Fame. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/335.htmlProvenance note: This page was originally authored by Al Hoagland; his last approved versionrevision was version 80
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Change: IBM established a small "advanced technology" laboratory, the first on the West Coast, in San Jose in 1952. the size was limited to 50 people
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Change: IBM established a small "advanced technology" laboratory, the first on the West Coast, in San Jose in 1952. the size was limited to 50 people
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Change: The Golden gate Bridge was an icon for the San Francisco Bay Area and its rust color was unusually awe inspiring, bridging the narrow entrance
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Change: patent led to their induction in 2007 into the Inventors Hall of Fame. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/335.htmlMyth?RAMAC disk coating and Golden Gate Bridge Paint One of the more delightful and interesting "myths" arises from the way Rey Johnson would describe to visitors the coating on the RAMAC disks.Rey Johnson
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Change: Given the highly interdisciplinary nature of the RAMAC disk file, Rey Johnson is acknowledged as the creator, inventor and father of the magnetic disk storage device.MythMyth??RAMAC disk coating and Golden Gate Bridge Paint One of the more delightful and interesting
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Change: http:/www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/390.htmlhttp://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/390.htmlA later patent 3,503,060 granted on March 24, 1970 was issued to Goddard and Lynott identifying their key contributions as the pressurized air bearing head used on the RAMAC. This led to their induction in 2007 into the Inventors Hall of Fame. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/335.htmlGiven the highly
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Change: http:/www.invent.org//hall_of_fame/390.htmlhttp://www.invent.org//hall_of_fame/390.html http:/www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/390.htmlA later patent 3,503,060 granted on March 24, 1970 was issued to Goddard and Lynott identifying their key contributions as the pressurized air bearing head used on the RAMAC. This led to their induction in 2007 into the Inventors Hall of Fame. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/335.htmlGiven the
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Change: has always led to him beingis recognizedacknowledged as the creator, inventor orand father of the magnetic disk storage device.Myth?RAMAC disk coating and Golden Gate Bridge Paint One of the more delightful and interesting "myths" arises
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Change: Neither of these patents had great consequence in a historical sense. The two classic books by Emerson Pugh et al covering early IBM computers (and
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Change: (it is a question of how you interpret "essentially"One of the more delightful and interesting "myths" arises from the way Rey Johnson would describe to visitors the coating on the RAMAC disks.Rey Johnson in a 1989 written speech he gavepresented at the 1989 DiskTrendsDataStorage Conference
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Change: also recorded. a conclusion which I doubt anyone would seriously believe. Rey Johnsonrecorded enjoyedupon comparingotherwise theyou diskwere coatingled to thebelieve paintan onordinary thepaint Goldencould Gatebe Bridgeused althoughfor hismagnetc integrityreording. wasI suchhave he
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Change: The public announcement of product available for rental or purchase was on September 13. 1956Sep 13,1956 A, NY Times article carried thea public announcement of the RAMAC 305 sysyem that included the RAMAC disk drive. . An IBM Press Release dated Sept 14th, states that the 650
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Change: disks were magnetic, an essential property for recording of data. In fact, thedisk diskspaint were coatedloaded with the same sort of magnetic iron oxide paintparticles, insimilar commonto usethe forcoatings yearsused on magneticmagnetc drums, essential drumfor storing of memories.data.
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Change: more informayion, :or even better contact Bill Carlson, who clearly recognized ordinarya redcritique paintof wasthis notview magnetic.see: .Paint usedDisputeOne of the more delightful and interesting myths arises from the way
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Change: , by Al HoaglandFor an alternate view see: Disk Drive Patent For a critque of this view by Tom Gardner see: RAMAC PatentsPatent 3.134,097, by Stevens, Goddard and Lynott is the first "RAMAC" patent, filed
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Change: by Tom Gardner see: RAMAC Patents DisputePatent 3.134,097, by Stevens, Goddard and Lynott is the first "RAMAC" patent, filed on 12/14/54 and granted on 5/19/64, covered the enduring
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Change: contact Bill Carlson who clearly recognized ordinary red paint was not magnetic. .Paint DisputeusedOne of the more delightful and interesting myths arises from the way Rey Johnson would describe to visitors the coating on ghe RAMAC disks.Rey Johnson in a 1989
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Change: For a discussion of this view see: RAMAC Patents DisputePatent 3.134,097, by Stevens, Goddard and Lynott is the first "RAMAC" patent, filed on 12/14/54 and granted on 5/19/64, covered
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