This is the size of a 1 GB hard drive 20 years ago

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   futurenetadsposted 14 years ago

   

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      ediggityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Looks like a table saw.

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   thranaxposted 14 years ago

   I think it is a table saw.
   
   ~thranax~

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      xravexheavenxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's exactly what I was thinking.

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         yoshi97posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         So ... it's not a table saw ... but I bet the disc on that thing would do well at cutting wood.

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   ediggityposted 14 years ago

   2 votes for table saw. Any one else? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

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   Luciendaskyposted 14 years ago

   Another vote for table saw. WOW that is HUGE

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   futurenetadsposted 14 years ago

   It's not Table saw,it's 20 year old IBM hard drive weighs up to 39kgs
   
   
   

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      AdviceDoctorposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      how much is that in lbs?

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         inc999posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         like 85 LB

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   Csjun89posted 14 years ago

   39 kg!
   
   i wonder how they would lift it

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      inc999posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      with a forklift

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   Will Apseposted 14 years ago

   Twenty years ago I was strong enough to lift a one gigabyte hard drive. I wouldn't risk the current model now.

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   wdamatoposted 14 years ago

   Never seen one like that but I remember some 10MB MFM type Personal Computer (PC) drives with a foot print about the size of a standard mouse pad and about as tall as a big coffee mug in my Dad's first PC.  Also recall paying over $350 for a 1.2GB replacement drive for my Pentium 90 Digial Starion with combo modem/soundcard and 2x CD-ROM Drive.  It even had 32MB RAM.

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   paulgiuntaposted 14 years ago

   Amazing !!

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    Paradise7posted 14 years ago

    Moore's Law.

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    Tech support is still available for this unit... But he retires in a couple weeks, as his job has also been downsized.

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       ediggityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Now that's funny.  I think the OP should try to call IBM and get an extended warranty.

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    Millerspcrepairposted 14 years ago

    Wow Hard drives now days Are so small compared to then and there up to 1000 GB lol

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    jlspartzposted 14 years ago

    How about 5MB in 1956 having to be lifted with a forklift?
    
    http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/ol … amac-1.jpg

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    Mark Rollinsposted 14 years ago

    Just think at how small your HDD will be 20 years from now.  Then we will look back and think: dang, we needed that much space for memory?

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    skristoffposted 14 years ago

    It's so amazing.  It still blows my mind what will fit in a flash drive.  I'm not even that old, and I remember getting my first CD ROM game, and I was the first of my friends to have a Pentium-based computer.  *sigh*

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    jerryjengposted 14 years ago

    Huh, funny) I still remember computer games in weight in one Mb or smaller)))

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    owner_2posted 14 years ago

    If you go more further in history .you will find hard drives as big as a room.
    
    

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    shinujohn2008posted 14 years ago

    Great , thanks

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    owner_2posted 14 years ago

    my life my way

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    Kapalbility02posted 14 years ago

    Where is the USB connector? Can i attach it to my keychain? Im interested. Thanks.

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