All about Gadgets, Computers, and More... http://www.thegeekpub.com/Blogs/tabid/66/BlogId/1/Default.aspx en-US mike@thegeekpub.com mike@murraynet.net Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:34:45 GMT Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:34:45 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thegeekpub.com/Portals/0/images/blog_images/2007/mike_murray/1970_hard_drive.jpg"><font size="2"><img height="225" alt="1970s Hard Drive" width="300" align="right" border="1" src="http://www.thegeekpub.com/Portals/0/images/blog_images/2007/mike_murray/1970_hard_drive.jpg" /></font></a><font size="2">Ever wonder what a 1 Gigabyte hard disk looked like in the 70s?  Well now you know.  It weighed so much it had to have a special floor and case to be mounted in.  It's case looked like a refrigerator.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Now 1 Gigabyte is the size of a postage stamp (and can actually be made much smaller).  My how times have changed.</font></p> <p><font size="2">This is good news.  I can't imagine how my 8GB iPhone would work, since I would need an 18-wheeler to carry it in.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Check out </font><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/hist-c.html"><font size="2">a brief history of the hard drive</font></a><font size="2"> for more information.</font></p> http://www.thegeekpub.com/Blogs/tabid/66/EntryID/1/Default.aspx mike@thegeekpub.com http://www.thegeekpub.com/Blogs/tabid/66/EntryID/1/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.thegeekpub.com/Default.aspx?tabid=66&EntryID=1 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:32:00 GMT 0 http://www.thegeekpub.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=1