5 MB hard drive in 1956
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Imagine what a HDD of that size could store today.
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That thing probably made worse grinding noises than The Mangler
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What would have happened if we just dropped a 20tb hard drive in front of the computer researchers of that time?
World war? Aliens? Or just trashed due to how advanced the tech in it would be to them? Yeah, I think the last.
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Imagine what a HDD of that size could store today.
What could it?
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What could it?
Minimum 10 MB I'd say.
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What could it?
About 10 'AAA' game titles, I'd say.
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What would have happened if we just dropped a 20tb hard drive in front of the computer researchers of that time?
World war? Aliens? Or just trashed due to how advanced the tech in it would be to them? Yeah, I think the last.
What would have happened if we just dropped a 20tb hard drive in front of the computer researchers of that time?
Nothing, they would have no idea what it was, or how to interface with it. They might even end up destroying it because they have no idea of the power requirements. Even if they managed to get it powered up and guessed at what it was for, they would still be stuck with the issue of not having an operating system which is capable of logically addressing all of the storage. And the lack of drivers would make that even harder.
A lot of modern technology sits atop a mountain of other modern technology which must be sorted out before you can even start to think about designing the end product. It could be that, since they knew what was possible, and had an example to crib off of, scientists and engineers could have gotten to that point faster. But, there is just an insane amount of prior tech in front of modern computers that any one piece of it, thrown back that far, would likely just be shiny junk.
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Average size JavaScript file 2025.
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The start up sound must've been legendary
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What could it?
Estimate the volume of that box then calculate how many data centre grade HDDs would fit inside to get a rough idea
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And now I have a phone capable of taking photos too large to be stored on that drive. Crazy how quickly technology can progress.
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Minimum 10 MB I'd say.
no fucking way
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And now I have a phone capable of taking photos too large to be stored on that drive. Crazy how quickly technology can progress.
Crazy how quickly technology can progress.
70 years is a long loooooooooooooooooong time for "technology"
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About 10 'AAA' game titles, I'd say.
Not including their first update.
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They all wore pants back then.
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Yes kids, before color TV was commonplace people would stand around and watch cargo get loaded for fun. It was a dark time in entertainment history.
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Minimum 10 MB I'd say.
This guy knows computers.
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What would have happened if we just dropped a 20tb hard drive in front of the computer researchers of that time?
Nothing, they would have no idea what it was, or how to interface with it. They might even end up destroying it because they have no idea of the power requirements. Even if they managed to get it powered up and guessed at what it was for, they would still be stuck with the issue of not having an operating system which is capable of logically addressing all of the storage. And the lack of drivers would make that even harder.
A lot of modern technology sits atop a mountain of other modern technology which must be sorted out before you can even start to think about designing the end product. It could be that, since they knew what was possible, and had an example to crib off of, scientists and engineers could have gotten to that point faster. But, there is just an insane amount of prior tech in front of modern computers that any one piece of it, thrown back that far, would likely just be shiny junk.
