A Teardown History of PC Data Storage -- The EIectronics Inside 17

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I don't think it's much of a secret that I'm quite into computing. So lets look back at the history of computer storage, and compare some of the techniques, methods and hardware used.

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a531016 over 6 years ago in reply to KalebTheMaker +2

I remeber someone I knew back in the day had a 10K RPM 1.7GB (I think) SCSI raptor array with 8 drives. The thing sounded like a Helicoptor taking off during spin up, and machine gun fire when the read…
KalebTheMaker over 6 years ago +1

Thanks for the fun teardown! I remember working with those monster drives in old production mainframes. The first time I had to replace a failed drive, I took the bad one home and tore it apart. I think…
beacon_dave over 6 years ago +1

Another trip down memory lane. I recall that my first PC hard drive (20MB) used the ST506/ST412 Shugart interface with MFM/RLL encoding drives long before the (parallel) ATA and SATA days. There were three…

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KalebTheMaker over 6 years ago

Thanks for the fun teardown! I remember working with those monster drives in old production mainframes. The first time I had to replace a failed drive, I took the bad one home and tore it apart. I think that was the first HD I opened up. Good memories.

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KalebTheMaker over 6 years ago

Thanks for the fun teardown! I remember working with those monster drives in old production mainframes. The first time I had to replace a failed drive, I took the bad one home and tore it apart. I think that was the first HD I opened up. Good memories.

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a531016 over 6 years ago in reply to KalebTheMaker

I remeber someone I knew back in the day had a 10K RPM 1.7GB (I think) SCSI raptor array with 8 drives. The thing sounded like a Helicoptor taking off during spin up, and machine gun fire when the read / write heads were going!
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