A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956
A 5MB Hard Drive, 1956
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Pics like this remind me of the Elliott 405 vs Raspberry Pi Zero tweet:
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I really think it is amazing that now we can put exponentially more data than this in a pocket. And that most humans now carry pocket computers that can access astounding amounts of information.
The information age really is amazing.
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And yet somehow there are still flat earthers and the like carrying around tons of data that proves them wrong but they just don't care.
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I wonder how big a space we'd need to accommodate for just 100 gigs, using the footprint of this 5MB drive?
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20 thousand of them.
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The first two hardrives I had experience were not that big, but still required to people to get into the cabinet. A Fujitsu Eagle and a CDC I can't remember which model that had 5MB fixed and 5MB removable.
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Dude in the white shirt is jacked!
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He also has impeccable back posture while moving something heavy like that
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And Jncos
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Iirc thats a hard disk.
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My bad; I’ve edited the title. Thanks!
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The bald person at the bottom's head looks like a penis.
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imagine trying to fit GTA5 on a set of those.
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The hard drive IBM shipped in 1956:
about $121,819.66 per mb in today's money.
And nowadays you can get a 2TB SSD that fits in your pocket and costs like $150.
Can someone do the math on how much cheaper and smaller memory is now?
It's a veritable fuckton cheaper. In scientific terms at least.
Hell, you can get a 1tb microSD card for around that same price. Crazy. Be careful not to accidentally inhale it, lol
It's 0,000075 USD per mb now with your example, which is about 146 666 666 times cheaper.