5.25 Hard Drive

[Kevin]

I didn't even know they made 5.25" Hard Drives till I tore apart my uncle's old HP. When I finally got the cage out, I was greeted by a Quantum Bigfoot TX. Almost the entire drive is enclosed and its real heavy.

I don't know if I want to use it or display it on my desk. I really don't need the 4 GB this monster offers but I have a dead Seagate thats sitting on my desk as well...

* On a side note, I posted in the wrong window again, I'm going crazy...

 

[minendo]

What a newbie you are. Did you know they also made 5.25 floppy drives? How about cartridge loading cdroms?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

tearing stuff apart...keep going..

 

[KGB1]

COOL a$$ paper weight duuude.. makes the chicks wild... Like... "Is that YOUR Bigfoot?"

 

[mpitts]

Ahh the Quantum Bigfoots..

SLLOOOOOW and LOUD

 

[rayma2]

you should take the disks out and leave those on your desk those look lots cooler.

 

[FoBoT]

those bigfoots had some high failure rates
don't use it for anything important

 

[Scarpozzi]

I still have a Commodore Tape drive from the Vic20 days in my room at home...

 

[Quixfire]

I have one of those in my friends computer as a secondary drive, a whopping 2.5GB.

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: minendo
What a newbie you are. Did you know they also made 5.25 floppy drives? How about cartridge loading cdroms?

Yes and no.

I really like the design of the Quantum though. It sure beats the two Deskstars in my machine now. I do like the Seagate's chrome. Too bad it dead before I ever got to use it...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Try planting a 5.25" FULL HIGHT hard drive sometime. Twice the hight of a CD-ROM. You don't see them around much now for a reason.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Try planting a 5.25" FULL HIGHT hard drive sometime. Twice the hight of a CD-ROM. You don't see them around much now for a reason.

Ahhh, My old 20 MB... How I miss the days of hitting my brother in the head with it, then putting it back in and chugging away...

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: minendo
What a newbie you are. Did you know they also made 5.25 floppy drives? How about cartridge loading cdroms?

oh man, cartridge loading cdroms. those were the days.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: minendo
What a newbie you are. Did you know they also made 5.25 floppy drives? How about cartridge loading cdroms?

oh man, cartridge loading cdroms. those were the days.

yeah.. the CRAPPY days.

 

[Bignate603]

Take out the magnet in it and use it to hang stuff on your fridge. The magnets are really powerful.