1G - then and now (PIC)

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#1 Post by **gator** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:25 pm

We have indeed come far!

#2 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:02 am

[old, codger voice on]

Used to maintain a couple of Data General 50MB disk drives back in 1982-84. The disk pack was about the same size as the platters in that picture but the drive itself was just a little bit smaller than the average clothes washing machine. The disk drive in the frame of the Nova 3 had a 10MB drive; 5MB removable and 5MB fixed. The removable pack was about 14" in diameter and 2" thick.

When you consider that the Secure Digital card that's being held in the photo can hold 200 5MB .MP3 files or photos, in the size of a postage stamp, it's just astonishing how much progress has been made in 25 years.

[/old, codger voice on]

SaberX · #3 Post by **SaberX** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:09 am

Even smaller then the SD card they should hold up a Micro SD card for some cell phones.
Or better yet hold up a 2 gig Micro SD card. That will be like two of those big units.

skitty4gzus · #4 Post by **skitty4gzus** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:33 pm

exactly, the 2 gig TF card in my LG is smaller than a postage stamp.

pianowizard · #5 Post by **pianowizard** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:29 am

gator wrote:1G - then and now

The SD card is so small that it took me a while to find the "now" part in the photo!

#6 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:50 am

Looks like something from Los Alamos in WWII.

joester · #7 Post by **joester** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:56 am

At first glance, I thought I had just seen a propeller hooked up to one of those at a recent vintage air show.

#8 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:58 am

It definately resembles a radial type aircraft engine.

#9 Post by **BillMorrow** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:23 pm

i got that IBM drive beat..

i used to have one of THESE things..
http://cgi.ebay.com/CDC-Magnetic-Periph ... dZViewItem

this was in about 1978 give or take 5 years..

#10 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:36 pm

BillMorrow wrote:i got that IBM drive beat..

i used to have one of THESE things..
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CDC/Magnetic Peripherals 9427 Hawk 10MB Cartridge Drive seller wrote:This item is oversized for regular UPS ground shipping and will require palletized motor freight delivery.

I bet the wife LOVED that!

#11 Post by **BillMorrow** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:13 pm

i was between wives at that time..

imagine..
all that for a 5 meg fixed platter and a 5 meg removeable platter..
18 inches as i recall..

i moved from that to a CDC phoenix..
90 meg..
5 fixed platters of 15 meg each and one 15 meg removeable platter..
cost about $10k..
the hawk drive was about $5k..

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