A line-up of disc drives. Each disc holds 100 M characters of information. Both Auckland and Christchurch are using disc and tape storage. A disc drive has the advantage of being able to go straight to the stored information; a tape drive must run the tape through until it comes to the information it is seeking.
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Press, 28 November 1977, Page 12
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56A line-up of disc drives. Each disc holds 100 M characters of information. Both Auckland and Christchurch are using disc and tape storage. A disc drive has the advantage of being able to go straight to the stored information; a tape drive must run the tape through until it comes to the information it is seeking. Press, 28 November 1977, Page 12
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