40,000$ Hard Drive from to past

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  1. Pikkon

    Pikkon "Moving in Stereo"

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    PhantasyStar Well Known Member

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    I've never seen a hard drive like that before. Why does it say a 6GB hard drive is $400 for 2006? That doesn't seem right...
     
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    mairsil Officer at Arms

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    It's missing half the case. Turn it on its side, shrink it and it is about what today's HD's look like.
     
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  4. Hawanja

    Hawanja Ancient Deadly Ninja Baby

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    God damn that thing is gigantic.
     
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    A. Snow Old School Member

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  6. Tachikoma

    Tachikoma Officer at Arms

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    We have some of those platters in work (someones desk ornament), they are heavy as hell.
     
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  7. Greatsaintlouis

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    That coffee table is absolutely awesome. I didn't even know hard drive platters came that large!

    And Tachikoma, I hope you won't take any offense when I say that my first thought on seeing your new avatar was, "Holy shit, I bet that's what Mickey Mouse looks like when you've got a head full of acid!" :lol:
     
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  8. Hawanja

    Hawanja Ancient Deadly Ninja Baby

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    How much storage did one of those large vintage hard drives hold? I'll take a guess, 5K?

    :)
     
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    Tachikoma Officer at Arms

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    You aren't too far off:

    http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/?lid=831
     
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