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Re: 1956 5mb hard drive.
11/03/15 08:43 PM Attachment: 23rpm5z.jpg 42 KB (0 downloads)


> > The portable version, apparently.
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> 40,000,000 or so bits stored in that drum-looking section. You'd do better to put it
> in a book. Carry an encyclopedia with you.
>
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> Yeah, when bits were holes, they took up a lot of space.

Current normal recordable blu-ray discs have a bit length of 74.5 nanometers and that's for 25 gigabytes (si). A 5TB 3.5" drive would have such a tiny bit length... But... What would be the bit length in that mammoth? One feet?

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* 1956 5mb hard drive. GatKong 11/03/15 04:47 PM
. * Re: 1956 5mb hard drive. Vas Crabb  11/04/15 12:10 AM
. * Re: 1956 5mb hard drive. Moose  11/04/15 02:01 AM
. * Real Programmers Traso  11/17/15 05:56 AM
. * And now I understand my dad..... Traso  11/17/15 07:13 AM
. * Re: 1956 5mb hard drive. TriggerFin  11/03/15 04:53 PM
. * Re: 1956 5mb hard drive. Pi  11/03/15 08:43 PM

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