▲ 616 ▼ Say Hello to the World's Largest Hard Drive, a Massive 36TB Seagate (www.vice.com) submitted 1 year ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 264 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) there was a time i asked this question about 500 megabytes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I too, am old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I'm older than that but didn't want to self report. the first hard disk i remember my father buying was 40mb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago I remember renting a game, and it was on a high density 5.25" inch floppy at a whopping 1.2MB; but or family computer only had a standard density 5.25". So we went to the neighbors house, who was one of the first computer nerds (I'm not sure he's still alive now), who copied the game to a 3.5" high density 1.44MB disk, then we returned the rental because we couldn't play it on the 1.2 MB HD 5.25" floppy. .... And that was the first time I was party to piracy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago I am not questioning the need for more storage but the need dor more storage without increased speeds. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I too, am old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I'm older than that but didn't want to self report. the first hard disk i remember my father buying was 40mb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago I remember renting a game, and it was on a high density 5.25" inch floppy at a whopping 1.2MB; but or family computer only had a standard density 5.25". So we went to the neighbors house, who was one of the first computer nerds (I'm not sure he's still alive now), who copied the game to a 3.5" high density 1.44MB disk, then we returned the rental because we couldn't play it on the 1.2 MB HD 5.25" floppy. .... And that was the first time I was party to piracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I'm older than that but didn't want to self report. the first hard disk i remember my father buying was 40mb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago I remember renting a game, and it was on a high density 5.25" inch floppy at a whopping 1.2MB; but or family computer only had a standard density 5.25". So we went to the neighbors house, who was one of the first computer nerds (I'm not sure he's still alive now), who copied the game to a 3.5" high density 1.44MB disk, then we returned the rental because we couldn't play it on the 1.2 MB HD 5.25" floppy. .... And that was the first time I was party to piracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago I remember renting a game, and it was on a high density 5.25" inch floppy at a whopping 1.2MB; but or family computer only had a standard density 5.25". So we went to the neighbors house, who was one of the first computer nerds (I'm not sure he's still alive now), who copied the game to a 3.5" high density 1.44MB disk, then we returned the rental because we couldn't play it on the 1.2 MB HD 5.25" floppy. .... And that was the first time I was party to piracy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago I am not questioning the need for more storage but the need dor more storage without increased speeds. permalink fedilink source parent