5mb HDD delivery

strumjoughlamps

TTony

@Phil_aka_Pip loved that disc.

Phil_aka_Pip

I only remember when disc drives were the size & shape of washing machines. Wardrobes were before my time. Impressive lump of kit though

bluechargeboy

I recently re-read William Gibson's Neuromancer, written in 1984 and set in The Future. It stands the test of time quite well except for the protagonist trying to shift "3MB of hot RAM" on the black market. Doh.

strumjoughlamps

bluechargeboy said:

I recently re-read William Gibson's Neuromancer, written in 1984 and set in The Future. It stands the test of time quite well except for the protagonist trying to shift "3MB of hot RAM" on the black market. Doh.

one of my fave books

bluechargeboy

strumjoughlamps said:

one of my fave books

Great book, I am re-reading all William Gibson books since we had some bookshelves put in and I found them all! It's cool reading these kinds of books 30 years into the future and seeing just how visionary or not the authors were. Distinct lack of mobile telephony in the Sprawl trilogy.

Jalapeno

I remember ... Washing machines & cupboard disc units <sniff>

Rox

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I only remember when disc drives were the size & shape of washing machines. Wardrobes were before my time. Impressive lump of kit though

If you only remember that, you need to see a Doctor - there's something wrong with your memory (whatever size it is).

Phil_aka_Pip

Rox said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I only remember when disc drives were the size & shape of washing machines. Wardrobes were before my time. Impressive lump of kit though

If you only remember that, you need to see a Doctor - there's something wrong with your memory (whatever size it is).

much of the intervening time is hazy. I spent a lot of time out of my skulls, you know

Cacofonix

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Rox said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I only remember when disc drives were the size & shape of washing machines. Wardrobes were before my time. Impressive lump of kit though

If you only remember that, you need to see a Doctor - there's something wrong with your memory (whatever size it is).

much of the intervening time is hazy. I spent a lot of time out of my skulls, you know

Sounds improbable.

PolarityMan

I don't get the point of 5mb hard drives, you cant even get a single tool mp3 on there. Its amazing they were ever invented tbh. 

Heartfeltdawn

bluechargeboy said:

I recently re-read William Gibson's Neuromancer, written in 1984 and set in The Future. It stands the test of time quite well except for the protagonist trying to shift "3MB of hot RAM" on the black market. Doh.

Like the end of Trial of a Time Lord in Doctor Who with the full horror of the megabyte modem... 

ESchap

First "industrial" I saw was a VAX in the late 70's .....  don't think it washed the carpets though ....

Emp_Fab

They had 5MB 'DASD' discs when I was at the DVLA.  Giant washing machines sized things with drive belts like truck fanbelts !

5MB !  I've got 13,000 times as much storage hanging off my keys in my pocket right now. :-)

Nitefly

In 1970 I was a tape-jockey at what was then the East Midlands Gas Board in Leicester.  They had a Univac 1108 in the same configuration as used by NASA for the Apollo moon landings.  We had 2 FASTRAND II drums with (gulp) 99Mb each!

Here's a link: http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/fastrand.html

Cutting edge lol!