Yeah, and that's the only problem with it.
Posted on 06/05/2006 5:55:25 PM PDT by xcamel
Toshiba Reaches 200GB Milestone
Stroage, storage, storage. That's what a media center laptop needs and Toshiba's new 2.5 inch hard drive gives you just that.
The 200GB dual-platter MK2035GSS is Toshiba's first Perpendicular Magnetic Recording drive to incorporate tunnel magneto-resistive recording (TMR) head technology (no, we don't know what that last bit means either, but it sounds impressive). PMR technology enables bits of data to be stored in a perpendicular format rather than longitudinally and, thus enables the magnetic disc to store significantly more data in the same space.The new drive sets a density record, says Toshiba, although the outright capacity record for a drive is held by Seagate's 750GB full size monster. The Toshiba MK2035GSS drive is also light weight at 98 grams which is an important consideration with laptop storage.
"As a leading partner for mobile PC manufacturers, we've listened to our customers' needs for high-capacity storage in a small form factor to enable the advanced multimedia applications and enriched usage experience that consumers are demanding today," said Scott Maccabe, vice president and general manager, Toshiba SDD. "Our technology innovation in PMR has laid the foundation for delivering the industry's highest capacity and areal density in the standard mobile drive form factor. It's a win-win combination for mobile PC manufacturers who want to differentiate their offerings with features that attract high-end consumers."
Toshiba will start mass production for the 2.5-inch 200GB MK2035GSS HDD in August 2006
8" floppies, 16" 96mb 5-platter hard drives.
32K was "gobs" of memory.
I programed in assembly language to force 16 bit graphics out of a 4mhz 6809
its still slow compared to a desktop hard drive...
ping
why would i want it to be 95grams? I never pickup my desktop computer, i wouldn't care if it was 5 lbs as long as its fast.
When I was a kid we had 1 mhz 6502s, 4K of ram and a 1200 baud 'tape drive'...and we loved them.
And yes we traded computer porn on them.
Mt first "business" computer to play with was a nixdorf with a pico-n processor and unibasic.
It doesn't seem that long ago when I first heard of a 1GB drive being sold, and I thought to myself, "man, if I got one of those, I'd never run out of storage again..."
Now, of course, I can chew up 1GB in less than a day on a short field trip with my digital camera...
I am reminded of the page in an old (and I mean *old*) "PC Magazine", where they playfully "defined" various computer terms in funny or satirical ways. At the time, disk drives were about 20-40 megabytes, which seemed huge in those days, but people started noticing how fast even "huge" disk drives managed to get full. So the authors of the article decided to be over-the-top funny and defined "Terabyte" (which is a 1000 gigabytes) as "A unit of storage so unimaginably vast that it would take the average user two weeks to fill it up."
In those days, this was just ridiculously hilarious. Today, meanwhile, it's almost exactly true, given the speed at which we can generate digital images or video, and download entire seasons of TV programs, high-def movies, etc.
Somewhere in my basement is my first computer, an Altos 586, probably the child or grandchild of your computer. 10MHz 8086, 1MB RAM, 5 RS-232 ports. I did have both a floppy drive AND a 20MB hard drive, for Altos Xenix and the Xenix Development System. I bought the computer used in early 1986 for $1000 (with a 5MB hard drive), and spent another $1000 on the used 20MB hard drive! And that included 2 Altos II terminals!
Mark
Stone punchcards, chisels.
/evil grin
"Press 1 for English"
:)~
My friend: 'What would you do with a gig drive'
Me: 'Stack it!' (remember stacker?)
When I was 8, I took a summer class in computer programming. Think it was a form of basic. It was on a TRS-80. I remember thinking that thing was really great. I still miss B52 Bomber (drop the pixel to bomb pixel buildings) and Oregon Trail. We had both of those games to play during down time in the class.
Yeah, and that's the only problem with it.
(land on the runway, don't crash, or go off the end)
that was um... 1978.
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