Solve : 3.6 zettabytes!?

1.	Solve : 3.6 zettabytes!?
Answer» My friend's shop across town has a platter from an old hard disk mounted on his wall from the early 1960s. It measures about 40" across and has a capacity of about 3.75MB or so. He told me the name of the computer it CAME from, but I don't recall at the moment. The first 1 gigabyte drive was introduced sometime around 1980, it was the size of a REFRIGERATOR, and weighed over 500 lbs. Considering you can purchase drives now that hold 1,000 times that, measure less than 3.5", and weigh only a few pounds, I wouldn't be surprised if in the NEXT 10 years we go beyond petabytes and exabytes.Quote from: quaxo on December 15, 2009, 12:48:20 AM I wouldn't be surprised if in the next 10 years we go beyond petabytes and exabytes. And at the size of small coins. Quote from: Helpmeh on December 15, 2009, 04:56:40 AM And at the size of small coins. No doubt. Oh, I did finally FIND out what that platter he has is from. It came from a Bryant Computer 4240, c. 1961.Quote from: Helpmeh on December 15, 2009, 04:56:40 AM And at the size of small coins. And misspeaking of coins, please make no more references... to what comes after trillion. ...some Congressmen might read this!

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My friend's shop across town has a platter from an old hard disk mounted on his wall from the early 1960s. It measures about 40" across and has a capacity of about 3.75MB or so. He told me the name of the computer it CAME from, but I don't recall at the moment.

The first 1 gigabyte drive was introduced sometime around 1980, it was the size of a REFRIGERATOR, and weighed over 500 lbs. Considering you can purchase drives now that hold 1,000 times that, measure less than 3.5", and weigh only a few pounds, I wouldn't be surprised if in the NEXT 10 years we go beyond petabytes and exabytes.Quote from: quaxo on December 15, 2009, 12:48:20 AM

I wouldn't be surprised if in the next 10 years we go beyond petabytes and exabytes.

And at the size of small coins. Quote from: Helpmeh on December 15, 2009, 04:56:40 AM

And at the size of small coins.

No doubt.

Oh, I did finally FIND out what that platter he has is from. It came from a Bryant Computer 4240, c. 1961.Quote from: Helpmeh on December 15, 2009, 04:56:40 AM

And at the size of small coins.

And misspeaking of coins, please make no more references...
to what comes after trillion.
...some Congressmen might read this!

Solve : 3.6 zettabytes!?

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