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The evolution of hard drives
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:36 am
by Sabre
Mac World slide show
Anyone else remember MFM or RLL? lol, definitely dating myself now...
Re: The evolution of hard drives
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:43 pm
by Raven
All you've done is remind me how much I loathe IDE ribbons. My personal hell will probably be servicing computers with IDE ribbons for eternity.
Re: The evolution of hard drives
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:46 pm
by PGT
one of the, umm, old guys here was mentioning a disk drive that stood over 6ft that Collins Radio made for his former employer back in the good old days. its on display at a certain place one needs permission to visit. I'd love to go.
Re: The evolution of hard drives
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:24 pm
by complacent
whoa, nice.
Re: The evolution of hard drives
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:57 am
by chicken n waffles
every time i curse a blown hard drive, i thank my lucky stars i didn't get my start in the era of punch cards.
Re: The evolution of hard drives
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:54 pm
by sirwilliam
chicken n waffles wrote:every time i curse a blown hard drive, i thank my lucky stars i didn't get my start in the era of punch cards.
I concur. My dad tells me stories of his punch card days...they had to go to one building to punch the cards and then walk back to another to use them. That would suck. I am impatient.