> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck > Guzis > Sent: 18 October 2015 21:09 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: "Farm" slang terms > > On 10/18/2015 12:46 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > > > Later, it began to be used for moderately open land, with collections > > of other stuff, such as a group of windmills became a "wind farm" > > (Altamont pass). > > I recall a room full of a hundred or more disk drives being referred to as a disk > farm--but I don't think the usage was standard. > > --Chuck
I seem to remember that as well, but from earlier as you say. Looking at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_farm I can see that Antenna Farms is an older term, dating back to at least 1950, but of course as antenna's are usually in fields.. Dave G4UGM
