-> JB> a 16" hard drive isn't quiet either.... 

-> Mainframe? 

 Not necessarily. I rembember those Washing Machine Sized Hard drives
that had to be bolted down becasue the Heads seaking the data could more
then arround. And they were used with a 19" rack mounted computer about
20" high.
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