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Maxell 300GB holographic disks in late 2006, 1.6TB by 2010 (For all you tech heads)
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Posted on 12/12/2005 3:38:43 PM PST by Pimpmygop

Maxell reportedly pledged to bring out a 300GB optical holographic disk system late next year. Will this finally be the affordable high capacity backup system we have been waiting for?

Apparently the drive will transfer at up to 20MB/sec - this means that 300GB data could be written in as little as 4 hours and ten minutes - however due to lead-in and other delays 5 hours is a more reasonable guess as to how long it will take to back up 300GB.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: betamax; disks; holographic; maxell; technology
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To: upchuck
And Ken Olsen, CEO of Digital Equipment Corp. said, "Why would everybody want a computer on their desk?"

For those that don't know, DEC was big into timesharing systems with users using a dumb serial terminal. Straight text, no graphical interface, etc.

21 posted on 12/12/2005 5:18:35 PM PST by upchuck (Article posts of just one or two sentences do not preserve the quality of FR. Lazy FReepers be gone!)
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To: canuck_conservative
Hard drives are CHEAP now - get a 300GB HD for $300! That's outrageous!!

Where are you buying those? I just bought two 250 gig drives as Christmas presents for a hundred bucks apiece. Add $35 each for external enclosures and they're $135 apiece.

22 posted on 12/12/2005 5:24:15 PM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I actually would expect the RIAA to panic even more than the MPAA. Just imagine how many MP3's would fit on a disc; with high school kids swapping these things, who needs P2P networks? I can just see it now: the War on Portable Media(tm).


23 posted on 12/12/2005 5:25:38 PM PST by Windcatcher (Earth to libs: MARXISM DOESN'T SELL HERE. Try somewhere else.)
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To: TexasCajun
What's in another 10 years?

I'll be close to retiring, I hope. Then I can piss away even more time at my PC. Oh well, beats having a life.....[snicker]

24 posted on 12/12/2005 5:59:28 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s
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To: ChildOfThe60s

3-D interactive games should be fun


25 posted on 12/12/2005 6:04:48 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Pimpmygop
Holographic Challenge for DVDs
26 posted on 12/12/2005 6:08:14 PM PST by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: canuck_conservative
Hard drives are CHEAP now - get a 300GB HD for $300! That's outrageous!!

Gosh I'm getting old! I remember when a 10 Megabyte, that's right a 10 MEGABYTE hard drive was around $4000.00 and weighed in at about 90 lbs!

We are living in wonderful times bros!


27 posted on 12/12/2005 6:11:42 PM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: unixfox

Aye but our games where only 1k-4k... so 10 megs was a monster.


28 posted on 12/12/2005 6:26:09 PM PST by Pimpmygop (Pimp my GOP Ride!)
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To: canuck_conservative

It'd be nice if XP could handle mirrored disks.


29 posted on 12/12/2005 7:45:58 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: 1066AD
It'd be nice if XP could handle mirrored disks.

Are you implying that it can't?

30 posted on 12/12/2005 7:48:32 PM PST by RightFighter
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To: TexasCajun

And 3d Hentai. Now I can be bored in three dimensions!!


31 posted on 12/12/2005 7:50:47 PM PST by beaver fever
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To: RightFighter

Yes, if I'm wrong let me know (I'm referring to XP Home Ed).


32 posted on 12/12/2005 7:58:43 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: TexasCajun

I go back to Wolfenstein and earlier. Actually, I used to play CGA games from Apogee. Stranded on Mars, Paganitzu, etc., then moved up to Commander Keen and Cosmo. Still have them, but some just won't run under XP and these fast processors.


33 posted on 12/12/2005 8:26:44 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s
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To: lormand
That would make crack look like Sanka, now wouldn't it?
34 posted on 12/12/2005 9:37:47 PM PST by Uncle Vlad
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To: lormand
"Playboy Bunny Carribean Cruise" program for me 24/7

Vulcan Love Slave (One has to have watch Star Trek DS9 to understand this.)

35 posted on 12/12/2005 9:44:33 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Those Who Want to Impeach President Bush Are the Party of Treason.)
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To: 1066AD

I don't even discuss Windows XP Home. It's a pile of crap, and no, it doesn't support mirroring. But, XP Professional supports software-based disk mirroring.


36 posted on 12/13/2005 7:50:50 AM PST by RightFighter
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To: RightFighter

Bringing this all up today, FOUR YEARS LATER http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?_r=1


37 posted on 04/27/2009 3:34:07 PM PDT by muawiyah
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