or did you mean the Northern Summer

I think the significant part of the article is that the paper comes in Green or Gold ... Australia's favourite colours.

And we shouldn't forget that Thomas Watson of IBM is alleged to have predicted in 1943 that the entire world market for computers would be FIVE.

I have that many computers in my home at the moment, each one significantly more powerful than anything Watson knew about.

Yes, I recall they were 8" floppies on the PDP-8 I used from 1980 to 1987. A capacity of 140Kb if I remember correctly. When 5.25" floppies appeared, they looked like toys, or something which belonged on a key ring.