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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I hate to admit it, but I remember when an 80mb hard drive was big, big news...


38 posted on 01/05/2007 10:19:37 AM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts!!)
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To: Bean Counter
I was into this stuff before that.....

Some history:

STORAGE DEVICES

39 posted on 01/05/2007 10:46:47 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Bean Counter; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Marine_Uncle; blam; SunkenCiv; Dog; ...
Ah....photos:

In his left is a 24-inch platter from IBM's RAMAC

41 posted on 01/05/2007 10:55:46 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Bean Counter
I hate to admit it, but I remember when an 80mb hard drive was big, big news..

I remember getting a 10 Meg hard drive card and popping it into a slot on my PC clone. Man did I think I was cool.

50 posted on 01/05/2007 11:31:32 AM PST by jalisco555 ("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
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