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That was a fast drive in its day.
That was a fast drive in its day.
4th gen VelociRaptor. Have not seen one of these in years.
4th gen VelociRaptor. Have not seen one of these in years.
Well poo. If that’s old , my stuff is ancient. I would still run that drive, heck, I still have drives labeled in megabytes. I’ve thinned the herd a bit, regret selling an original Mac 512k with all the add ones a few years back. Still worked. Sat my son on it, loaded the MacPaint floppy , gave him no instruction. He played for 15, made paintings for a couple hours, and knew every tool by the end. Not a bad way to start into learning computers. Diving into photshop now as a young person is daunting.
Well poo. If that’s old , my stuff is ancient. I would still run that drive, heck, I still have drives labeled in megabytes. I’ve thinned the herd a bit, regret selling an original Mac 512k with all the add ones a few years back. Still worked. Sat my son on it, loaded the MacPaint floppy , gave him no instruction.
He played for 15, made paintings for a couple hours, and knew every tool by the end. Not a bad way to start into learning computers. Diving into photshop now as a young person is daunting.
It's not old...it's just a piece of computing history, something that filled a need for ultra-fast access drives before SSDs became the norm.
They appeared and then vanished. You can still buy spinning rust, just not like this in a consumer form.
It's not old...it's just a piece of computing history, something that filled a need for ultra-fast access drives before SSDs became the norm.
They appeared and then vanished. You can still buy spinning rust, just not like this in a consumer form.
300Gb, you trying to download the entire Internet there bub?
300Gb, you trying to download the entire Internet there bub?
Actually no, I'm going to strip it down and recycle the aluminum. 300GB? I do a larger data dump after morning coffee.
Actually no, I'm going to strip it down and recycle the aluminum. 300GB? I do a larger data dump after morning coffee.
Filtering out the bots and AI slop, it just might fit :)
Filtering out the bots and AI slop, it just might fit :)
I had to double check it. When it said enterprise and you said old, I thought for sure it was scsi interface. Old, but not as old as I expected
I had to double check it. When it said enterprise and you said old, I thought for sure it was scsi interface. Old, but not as old as I expected
I didn't say old, tho...the sub may be for "old computers," and this is indeed "old" in terms of computing tech, but...
I didn't say old, tho...the sub may be for "old computers," and this is indeed "old" in terms of computing tech, but...
That's from this century, so only old in terms of tech.
Now, I've touched something old. Was cleaning out a storage closet at a client's primary location and found an old accounting system instruction binder. In it was a floppy disk. An 8 inch floppy disk. I took a picture and sent it to the office chat asking if they thought it was still good.
That's from this century, so only old in terms of tech.
Now, I've touched something old. Was cleaning out a storage closet at a client's primary location and found an old accounting system instruction binder. In it was a floppy disk. An 8 inch floppy disk. I took a picture and sent it to the office chat asking if they thought it was still good.
Never said it was old. Just a piece of history.
10000 RPM consumer drives were a stopgap measure to get fast access, but SSDs killed them dead.
Never said it was old. Just a piece of history.
10000 RPM consumer drives were a stopgap measure to get fast access, but SSDs killed them dead.
I remember those, I had a few of them back in the day.
I remember those, I had a few of them back in the day.
I had one in my video capture machine. It wasn't long before regular SATA drives could mostly do the same thing, and I sold it for almost as much as I paid new. They were still quite desirable at the time.
I had one in my video capture machine. It wasn't long before regular SATA drives could mostly do the same thing, and I sold it for almost as much as I paid new. They were still quite desirable at the time.
I used to have a much older one with something like 340MB of storage. In current year that is still a relic, some games take almost as much as that or even more to install these days.
I used to have a much older one with something like 340MB of storage. In current year that is still a relic, some games take almost as much as that or even more to install these days.
Never said it was old. Just a piece of history.
Never said it was old. Just a piece of history.
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