If you absolutely must have cheap hard drive space...

[Falloutboy]

damn if I lived near by and didn't have a power bill I'd grab a 100 of these and setup a 2 TB array

 

[IW]

Those who are marveling at the size of these either have short memories or are newbies.

Some of us have been around computers long enough to remember drives this size that were only 10 Megabytes in size and at the time many wondered why you needed so much storage.

Of course that was before novices became programmers and the art of writing tight machine/assembly language fast code disappeared.

Many of us still have drives this large just for the heck of it and the person who mentioned door stops isn't far from the truth. Like the old Macs that are good for nothing more than that so are the old hard drives.

 

[Sophia]

While I don't know anything about these drives, I found the description amusing.

"These drives were originally intended for large RAID systems and are VERY reliable."
"Condition: Factory Recertified"

 

[ISAslot]

Originally posted by: IW
Those who are marveling at the size of these either have short memories or are newbies.

Some of us have been around computers long enough to remember drives this size that were only 10 Megabytes in size and at the time many wondered why you needed so much storage.

Of course that was before novices became programmers and the art of writing tight machine/assembly language fast code disappeared.

Many of us still have drives this large just for the heck of it and the person who mentioned door stops isn't far from the truth. Like the old Macs that are good for nothing more than that so are the old hard drives.

yeah, i have a 30 MB HD in my IBM At 286, it's huge, and really noisey, still works though.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: IW
Those who are marveling at the size of these either have short memories or are newbies.

Many of us still have drives this large just for the heck of it and the person who mentioned door stops isn't far from the truth. Like the old Macs that are good for nothing more than that so are the old hard drives.

Or that some of us, just haven't been able (or willing) to get rid of them yet. Anyone need a 20MB ful-height Seagate ST-225? I'll throw in an 8-bit ST-506 interface controller, for free!
At least if it gets used for a door stop, it will be doing something useful, which is more than it's doing now.

 

[SolderSucker]

Hmmm. I wonder what the operating costs would be on 160GB worth of drives. I took advantage of WD 160GB for $18 deal.

 

[ianbergman]

wow.

wow. someone post the most creative use of these drives,

 

[fibes]

I ordered one. I hope it will fit the the 65 pin SCSI card?

 

[SimMike2]

Please don't tell me someone actually bought one of these monstrosities.

 

[kfonda]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: IW
Those who are marveling at the size of these either have short memories or are newbies.

Many of us still have drives this large just for the heck of it and the person who mentioned door stops isn't far from the truth. Like the old Macs that are good for nothing more than that so are the old hard drives.

Or that some of us, just haven't been able (or willing) to get rid of them yet. Anyone need a 20MB ful-height Seagate ST-225? I'll throw in an 8-bit ST-506 interface controller, for free!
At least if it gets used for a door stop, it will be doing something useful, which is more than it's doing now.

Hey, the ST-225 was a half-height drive.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: kfonda
Hey, the ST-225 was a half-height drive.

Oops. You're right. I forgot I had two of them stacked on top of each other in my IBM AT case. One's dead though, wouldn't spin up the last time I tried it. I stand corrected. Is the ST-251-1 full-height? My friend had one of those - maybe that's the one that I was thinking about?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: trikster2
Buy it for the rare earth magnets and shiney metal coasters? Use for the big mugs that won't fit on CDs?

thats probably the best reason those magnets are strong!

 

[zephyrprime]

quote:
Originally posted by: trikster2
Buy it for the rare earth magnets and shiney metal coasters? Use for the big mugs that won't fit on CDs?



thats probably the best reason those magnets are strong!

Hard drives haven't always used rare earth magnets. This one might be old enough not to have them.

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: fibes
I ordered one. I hope it will fit the the 65 pin SCSI card?

I just received it today. This thing is huge! If it doesn't work, I can always use it as a door stop.