it's hard to imagine computers without hdd. whats even more fasinating is that game console has gone thru the same evolution. just this generation alone, without hdd in console is still a new concept. we will perhaps look back at our own SDD now when halographic storage device becomes the norm where near infinite storage capacity is possible with instant data read and write.
WOW! I just bought a Mac Mini with two 500gb drives in it. It's 7 inches square and 1.25" tall. I love seeing from once we came... I'm old enough to remember NO hard drives...
They would probably be pretty impressed with a simple and inexpensive 32 GB Micro SD card...32GB on something the size of your pinky nail impresses the hell out of me still.
@SouthwesternEagle how would we ever fill that? i mean all of hguman historys data ever produced is 14-6 depending on source what would need that? also that'd need to be one beast machine to read and process it still good luck to our grand kids
That 14 inch disk wasn't 1.2GB... it took 9 of those on a spindle to equal the 1.2GB. Also, @5:00 he states the max is ~24MB/square inch, current tech is up to 52GB/square inch. I'm so glad people didn't limit their imagination.
One thing I liked about this time period, all the intellectuals in computer companies were the spokesmen. Now they employ marketers to be spokesman who know absolutely nothing about what their products are, other then their told they have to sell it.
I still have a working Commodore64, 1541 disk drive, monitor, and printer and some program/games on flobby all still work. And I have a working Atari2600 awell as a SegaMasterSystem with games. 80's were some good times in gaming. I still play some of the old games using emulators on my desktop.
Lol @ 1:25 or so "1.2 gigs on that one platter?" "No on nine platters..." makes you wonder what we'll be using in 26 years, and laughing about. "they had less than a terabyte of ram?! They used SCREENS to see stuff?! xD"
I was thinking the same. exact. thing. In maybe 2040 our kids and kid's kids will be looking at the tigerdirect reviews and laugh at 4way SLI and CrossfireX. They will probably comment " Four VideoCards with 1GB each ?! WoW !! Games must have sucked back then. " and " Crysis has some bad graphics ... " lol !
One of my things to do in life. Check back to youtube in 20 - 30 years and check out pc's from today and compare them. haha. I can already see me laugh.
And here we are today at a time when SSD's of usable size are becoming affordable, we've sure come a long way. I for one won't miss the mechanical failures of HDD's :)
Amazing. Now we can pull 500TB and that is the physical limit that we can actually reach in HDD technology. If we go beyond that, the atomic structure because unstable thus unreliable. Soon engineer will maybe go back to drawing board and study the human brain and learn and unlock the secret of data storage and compression. Heck we already starting with multi-core processor, similar design of different sections in human brain.
not to memtion optical recordables at the end! (cd)
kinmanyuen 2 months ago
they mention hdd and ssd in 1984!
kinmanyuen 2 months ago
@kinmanyuen I assume that the filming was done in Silicon Valley, California, because that's where the most electronic innovation came from.
Bammer2001 2 months ago
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@kinmanyuen I assume that the filming was done in Silicon Valley, California, because that's where the most electronic innovation came from.
Bammer2001 2 months ago
it's hard to imagine computers without hdd. whats even more fasinating is that game console has gone thru the same evolution. just this generation alone, without hdd in console is still a new concept. we will perhaps look back at our own SDD now when halographic storage device becomes the norm where near infinite storage capacity is possible with instant data read and write.
tkoizumi 4 months ago
WOW! I just bought a Mac Mini with two 500gb drives in it. It's 7 inches square and 1.25" tall. I love seeing from once we came... I'm old enough to remember NO hard drives...
4gasem 4 months ago
They would probably be pretty impressed with a simple and inexpensive 32 GB Micro SD card...32GB on something the size of your pinky nail impresses the hell out of me still.
2003SCT 5 months ago
@2003SCT Me too. Got one inside my phone! (of all things) :D
mirabilis 1 month ago
1984: HDD is the new thing
2011: SSD is the new thing
confusioncaption 7 months ago
@confusioncaption 2010 for SSD
bnza10 5 months ago
Ya sabemos entonces que en 1984 nadie hablaba sobre Discos Duros
salvatoretrimarchi89 7 months ago
Hang on....
1:20
Britannica, Americana, Book of Knowledge and perhaps even the..... Fucking Wagnels?!
crocodile2006 8 months ago
@crocodile2006 i died, in a retro 80's fashion :)
mikeluscher159 5 months ago
Its so compact!
Username42100 8 months ago
Yes, but can they help run Crysis?
upturnedkangaroo 8 months ago
it's hilarious how Shuggart of Seagate didn't know what a boot sector was! This what at the computer museum's event.
danwat1234 10 months ago
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It's funny how Seagate's Shuggart doesn't know what a boot sector is in that computer museum event.
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danwat1234 10 months ago
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It's funny how Seagate's Shuggart doesn't know what a boot sector is in that computer museum event.
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danwat1234 10 months ago
what takes me a minute will take u loser a year mark ripley 1
TheHeartAttackDon 1 year ago
The only man in the world that can make hard drives boring...Uggh
XxDracconusxX 1 year ago
NEXT GENERATION OF PLATTERS!
DarkShadowRage2 1 year ago
By 2084 we may have up to 1.2 Exabytes on completely solid-state crystalline memory.
SouthwesternEagle 1 year ago
@SouthwesternEagle I can't wait!
danxl5 1 year ago
@SouthwesternEagle how would we ever fill that? i mean all of hguman historys data ever produced is 14-6 depending on source what would need that? also that'd need to be one beast machine to read and process it still good luck to our grand kids
TheAlexagius 11 months ago
Ha! I have 4 times more ram then his hardrive.
imafurryhusky 1 year ago 2
im sure he says fucking wagnes of something at 1:21
scaleop4 1 year ago 2
2.8gGB and that was in my compaq deskpro 4000 lol.
scaleop4 1 year ago
gigabyte or giga bit, because this is like 10TB on ssd.
theunamazingone 1 year ago
hard disks are a modern miracle!
jamesleetrigg 1 year ago
Certainly.
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago
lmao i can eat a pizza on the gig platter
barf245 1 year ago
Alan Shugart - Didn't he own Amstrad?
colinnaraine 1 year ago
@colinnaraine No, that was Alan Sugar. Similar name though....
pvx 1 year ago
omg what a pain in the ass this ancient tech must have been.
persevere67 1 year ago
he says gigabyte
A1260T 1 year ago
From 2:57-3:02 those 2 guys are sooo pretending to understand what the other guy is talking about.
jugglingembalmer 1 year ago
That 14 inch disk wasn't 1.2GB... it took 9 of those on a spindle to equal the 1.2GB. Also, @5:00 he states the max is ~24MB/square inch, current tech is up to 52GB/square inch. I'm so glad people didn't limit their imagination.
RetailSeries 1 year ago
I got 750 GB BITCH
MrCausePain 1 year ago
One thing I liked about this time period, all the intellectuals in computer companies were the spokesmen. Now they employ marketers to be spokesman who know absolutely nothing about what their products are, other then their told they have to sell it.
MrSplademan 1 year ago 2
1.2 GB for 1984...? That's a lot! I have a 400mb hdd somewhere by the house and I think it's from the 1990's! LOL
Fastlof 1 year ago
@Fastlof But then, it IS a 12" drive, whereas the 1990s drive will be what, 3.5"? ;)
Lukeno52 1 year ago
Who uses milli-inches? 1:34
lowmax64 1 year ago
lying Hollywood bastards, SKYNET NEVER HAD A CHANCE IN THE 80s!...
NoMatch2Me 1 year ago
I still have a working Commodore64, 1541 disk drive, monitor, and printer and some program/games on flobby all still work. And I have a working Atari2600 awell as a SegaMasterSystem with games. 80's were some good times in gaming. I still play some of the old games using emulators on my desktop.
Vox0707 1 year ago
Memorex doing HD´s¿XDDD
GOD 1.2gb... now you have it with quarter dvd...
bocatablanco 1 year ago
Lol @ 1:25 or so "1.2 gigs on that one platter?" "No on nine platters..." makes you wonder what we'll be using in 26 years, and laughing about. "they had less than a terabyte of ram?! They used SCREENS to see stuff?! xD"
ryfin2000 2 years ago 3
@ryfin2000
I was thinking the same. exact. thing. In maybe 2040 our kids and kid's kids will be looking at the tigerdirect reviews and laugh at 4way SLI and CrossfireX. They will probably comment " Four VideoCards with 1GB each ?! WoW !! Games must have sucked back then. " and " Crysis has some bad graphics ... " lol !
One of my things to do in life. Check back to youtube in 20 - 30 years and check out pc's from today and compare them. haha. I can already see me laugh.
christianzzz09 1 year ago
@christianzzz09 if youtube still exists then ^^
CatBlinx 1 year ago
1.2gb!
kinmanyuen 2 years ago 5
lol, he pronounces it well as to not cause confusion!
hrf3420 2 years ago 2
Frank (the guy who talking about HDD) sounds like "Will it blend man" doesn't he??
rikard92 2 years ago 5
Memorex: From pioneering hard disk to making generic CD cases and CD-Rs
Xzeleous 2 years ago 31
@Xzeleous Cruel cruel fate.
Roflcopter4b 1 year ago
@Xzeleous they still make usbs
Dariuszdavi 11 months ago
Man I can remember getting my first HDD. It was a 20 Mb drive and cost around 300 bucks.
doginstine 2 years ago 3
That a hard disc or an olympic disc?
malcommerriweather 2 years ago 2
And here we are today at a time when SSD's of usable size are becoming affordable, we've sure come a long way. I for one won't miss the mechanical failures of HDD's :)
HB45175 2 years ago
Can you believe that new LaserDisk? moving pictures all from little pits on a shiny disk! The future is amazing!
ViktorDragmire 2 years ago 3
1.2 gig! in 1984...
68040E 2 years ago 38
@68040E bits
backtublive 1 year ago
@68040E Not available for the consumers though!
CANVECVIDEO 1 year ago
@68040E Having that much is like having 100TB today.
Dant2142 1 year ago
Lol huge ass disk.. idea.. glue it to a hat and you'll be a real Oddjob.
MalkavianMadness 2 years ago 6
XDDDD
Appule69 2 years ago
"Soon engineer will maybe go back to drawing board and study the human brain and learn and unlock the secret of data storage and compression."
The future of data storage and processing is quantum and holographic.
MrBruceWillis 2 years ago
Amazing. Now we can pull 500TB and that is the physical limit that we can actually reach in HDD technology. If we go beyond that, the atomic structure because unstable thus unreliable. Soon engineer will maybe go back to drawing board and study the human brain and learn and unlock the secret of data storage and compression. Heck we already starting with multi-core processor, similar design of different sections in human brain.
tkoizumi 2 years ago
A 500TB HDD does not exist.
physicsbugga 2 years ago
I think what he meant was thats the predicted limit according to the math thats been done.
SCSNSE 2 years ago
why would you need more than a few terabytes?
itzlabritz 2 years ago 3
Wish I had one of those Apple II hard drive that made the grunt noises when it was accesing the disk.
vox2007 3 years ago 3
I still have a working Commodore64 with 1541 disk drive :P :)
vox2007 3 years ago
This thing is huge. Is that big disc suppose to be a Hard Drive? WOW!
PearlJammer07 3 years ago
i think so you needed flightcases for carrying your iPod back than :P
TOKIOHOTEL1000000 3 years ago
lol
PearlJammer07 3 years ago