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Rob Beard wrote: > Dave Foxcroft wrote: > >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >> >>> Gordon Henderson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> It's about 5 inches square: >>>> >>>> http://unicorn.drogon.net/t1.jpg >>>> http://unicorn.drogon.net/t2.jpg >>>> >>>> Inside is a single platter... >>>> >>>> Any clues? >>>> >>>> Gordon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> First thought was maybe it's some sort of MO disk but it doesn't look >>> dark enough. I had a hunch it is a SyQuest disk, and checking on >>> Wikipedia it looks like it might be... >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZ_135_Drive >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EZ135_Cart.jpg >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I thought it was some sort of MO drive - it isnt an EZ135 but a SyQuest >> 88! - 88MB jobbie >> >> Dave >> >> >> > Ahh those were the days, 88 Meg storage. I still have an LS120 drive in > the loft somewhere. Takes me back a bit. A place I used to work at had > a mixture of ZIP, Jaz, MO (230 & 640MB), CDRW and eventually just before > I left DVD-R. I remember getting all excited when I installed their > first 2.6GB DVD-RAM drive. > > Funnily enough too, I was swapping my dad's old Duron 750 into a brand > new case today and showed my other half the hard drive. A Seagate 3.2GB > drive, cost me about £120 when I bought it I think. I explained that it > was a smaller capacity than the 4GB MicroSD card I have kicking around. > Just think in another 10 years we'll probably look at old ancient 1TB > hard drives and compare them to 4TB flash storage :-) > > Rob > > oh how things have moved on....good ol' moores law :-) I still have a load of old stuff kicking around here, I hate throwing working stuff away although I did skip several old compaq servers about a year ago because the missus kept giving me earache about them - I managed to keep one tho' - a proliant 7000 - 18 x 9.1GB SCSI drives & 4 GB of RAM - I think I'll keep it for the antiques roadshow or whatever - it still works and makes one hell of a noise when it cranks up, the wife isn't impressed but the kids love it! Whilst I'm looking forward to bigger, more reliable storage I not looking forward to managing all those backups - yep I have a load of them as well going back over 20 years and I'm surprised at how many of them I can still access! Dave -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html